Abigail M. Jones, Esq. | September 20, 2011
On June 6, 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States ended a decade of litigation when it denied a writ of certiorari (i.e., refused to review) a 2010 decision of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeal which affirmed the trial court’s decision deny General Electric’s (“GE”) attack on the constitutionality of the U.S. Environmental [...]
Category: Federal Environmental Law, Superfund (CERCLA & State Superfund) |
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Tags: CERCLA, environmental litigation, EPA, US Constitution, us supreme court
Abigail M. Jones, Esq. | September 13, 2011
The DEC reported that it received 46 Brownfields Cleanup Program (“BCP”) applications during 2010-2011, an increase of 15% from the previous year. DEC approved 38 of those applications, up from 26 from the year before. This is good news both for developers and property owners, as well as for our communities and the environment.
Category: Brownfields Cleanup, New York State Environmental Law |
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Tags: Brownfield Cleanup program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, NYSDEC
Abigail M. Jones, Esq. | September 7, 2011
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals threw out two claims under RCRA for failure to specify the specific contaminants alleged to cause the complained-of harm in the Notice of Intent to Sue.
Category: Federal Environmental Law, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - RCRA |
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Tags: citizen suit, contaminant, disposal, hazardous waste, RCRA