Weekly Cases Update Volume 47, Issue 4

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Volume 47, Issue 6

ELR 2002616-cv-2409(D.D.C., )

A district court denied injunctive relief against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for failure to comply with NEPA in connection with its wind energy leasing. The Bureau leased a nautical area off the coast of New York to an energy company for the development of a wind energy facility.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 2002516-1005(4th Cir., )

The Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that upheld a Virginia uranium mining ban on non-federal lands. In the early 1980s, a uranium deposit was discovered in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on land owned by a mineral company.

Keywords:
Mining
ELR 20029SJC-12082(Mass., )

The Massachusetts Supreme Court held that a scientific consultant group hired to assess the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cannot proceed with a defamation suit against a pair of environmental advocates.

Keywords:
Natural Resources (generally)
ELR 200273:15-cv-36(S.D. Ohio, )

A district court permitted a contribution suit under CERCLA against a paper company to proceed in a case involving a site in Dayton, Ohio. The site was allegedly contaminated with numerous hazardous chemicals that were used in the paper-making process over the course of 100 years.

Keywords:
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
ELR 20028S063590(Or., )

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a company that ran a waste treatment and disposal facility was liable for transporting hazardous waste without the proper manifest forms. The company contracted to transport waste from a polymer manufacturer's factory to its treatment facility.

Keywords:
Hazardous Substances
ELR 20030CIV-16-170-R(W.D. Okla., )

A district court held that a food company is not shielded from CERCLA liability by a settlement reached under RCRA related to the same site.

Keywords:
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

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