Hydraulic Fracking Services/Commercial General Liability Policy: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Coverage for Faulty Workmanship
Co-Author: Jenna Davidson The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a May 31st Opinion an insurance coverage question arising out of hydraulic fracking services being employed to extract natural gas. See American Home Insurance Co. v. Superior Well…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: June 28th Meeting
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act: U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington) Introduces Hydropower Legislation
United States House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington) introduced on June 12th legislation titled: Hydropower Clean energy Future Act (“Act”) The Act is described as legislation that would: . . . expand clean, renewable, reliable, and…
Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: City of Bentonville, Arkansas, Response to Friends of Little Sugar Creek Notice of Intent to Sue
A previous blog post referenced the Friends of Little Sugar Creek (“FOLSC”) transmittal of a Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to the City of Bentonville, Arkansas (“Bentonville”), alleging violations of the Clean Water Act. The Notice stated that FOLSC intended to file a Clean Water Act citizen…
Stationary Combustion Engines/New Source Performance Standards: Environmental Defense Fund and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enter into Consent Decree Addressing Alleged Failure to Undertake Clean Air Act Nondiscretionary Duty
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the June 13th Federal Register a notice that it had entered into a Consent Decree with the Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund (collectively “Sierra Club”) resolving a citizen suit action alleging a failure to perform a…