As the ship-induced pollution causes serious damage to the oceanic ecological environment and also incurs huge economic loss, the Chinese Government has acceded to various International Conventions and adopted domestic legislations for oil pollution prevention. The latest development is the promulgation of the Regulations on Prevention and Control of Ship-Induced Pollution to Marine Environment (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations), which have come into force since 1st March, 2010.
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Many of the nation’s toughest environmental laws were passed in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s when it seems the American people first realized that there could be a limit to the natural resources at our disposal.
The U.S. EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance has issued its draft guidance on the Fiscal Year 2013 enforcement program (FY 2013 Draft Guidance).
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released its much anticipated draft regulations addressing subsequent well operations, including hydraulic fracturing.
On April 17, 2012, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson signed final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industries.
On April 17, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized performance and emissions standards for emissions from hydraulically fractured natural gas wells and other source categories in the oil and natural gas sector.
On April 17, 2012, The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)issued a set of comprehensive regulatory standards for the oil and gas industry under the Clean Air Act.
The Lower Fox River Superfund site continues to pump out decisions on key CERCLA issues. Most recently, the federal court in Wisconsin in "US v. NCR Corp." took on the issue of divisibility of harm in granting a preliminary injunction requiring one of the PRPs, NCR, to complete the removal of 660,000 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediments from a portion of the Lower Fox River.
In Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District ruled that, when supported by substantial evidence, projected future conditions may serve as an appropriate baseline for measuring a project's impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act.