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Environmental Hearing Board Protects Private and Public Rights
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, January 13, 2012
In Pennsylvania, the Environmental Hearing Board adjudicates challenges to final actions of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Hearings before the board are de novo, and are conducted much like a case in a trial court, albeit at times with relaxed evidentiary rules. Because its jurisdiction is limited to reviewing final actions of the department, the board has developed considerable expertise in adjudicating environmental disputes.
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Questions Remain About Proposed EPA Air Rules for Natural Gas Wells
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, December 9, 2011
On Nov. 30, the public comment period closed on proposed revisions to the air emission standards prescribed by the federal New Source Performance Standard and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Oil and Natural Gas source category.
Legislature Proposes Amendments to Oil and Gas Act
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The General Assembly seems poised to enact significant amendments to the statutes governing oil and gas development in Pennsylvania.
Commission Publishes Revised Natural Gas Regulations
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, November 11, 2011
On Tuesday, the Delaware River Basin Commission published revised draft natural gas regulations on its website.
NSR Enforcement: D'oh
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
On Oct. 12, Judge Terrence F. McVerry of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted motions by the defendants in United States v. EME Homer City Generation to dismiss federal Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act enforcement actions brought by the U.S., the Commonwealth and the downwind states of New Jersey and New York concerning the Homer City power plant.
Marcellus Shale and the Ultrahazardous Activity Analysis
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 14, 2011
Pennsylvania lies over the heart of the Marcellus Shale formation, a rock unit underlying approximately 65-million acres of land from West Virginia to New York.
De Novo Review in the Environmental Hearing Board
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
On Aug. 26, Chief Judge Thomas W. Renwand of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board rendered an opinion in Consol Pennsylvania Co. v. Department of Environmental Protection , exploring some basic ? if confusing ? principles of EHB jurisdiction and procedure.
EPA Proposes Revised Rules to Regulate Hazardous Waste Recycling
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, September 16, 2011
On July 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a proposal to revise its Definition of Solid Waste rule.
Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pa. Constitution: A Force for 'Yes'?
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
In July, the Commonwealth Court decided a case under the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution. Energy Conservation Council of Pennsylvania v. Public Utility Commission upheld the Public Utility Commission's decision to allow an electric utility to construct a transmission line over challenges raised by environmental groups and the Office of Consumer Advocate under, among other things, Article I, Section 27, of the state constitution.
Marcellus Shale Commission Provides Roadmap for Reform in Pa.
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, August 12, 2011
On July 22, the long-anticipated final report of the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission was released. This groundbreaking 137-page report contains a vast array of non-binding policy recommendations pertaining to Pennsylvania's natural gas boom ranging from zoning reform to mineral rights. Included among these are a series of recommendations that could substantially transform Pennsylvania's existing environmental policy landscape in the coming months.
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