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Recent Posts from SPR Environmental Law Blog

• Six SPR Attorneys are Named as 2009 Super Lawyers

  Six SPR partners have been honored as top environmental attorneys in the New York Metro area by Super Lawyers Magazine for 2009. Super Lawyers is a listing of “outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice…

• Newslink: Why New York City is the Greenest Place in the U.S.

  Yale Environment 360 features a piece on why New York City is greener than Vermont, which was recently ranked as the greenest place in the U.S. by Forbes magazine.   David Owen, writer for the…

• SPR Partner Pamela Esterman To Receive Founders Award From the Kheel Center for the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes

  On November 16, 2009, SPR partner Pamela Esterman will receive the Founders Award from the Theodore W. Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes.  The Kheel Center was launched in April 2008 to…

• New Draft Brownfield Guidance: DEC Unveils Proposed Policies for Brownfield Site Cleanup, Site Investigation, and Remediation Issues

  The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) has proposed four new remediation guidance and policy documents pertaining to the Brownfield Cleanup Program (“BCP”):  DER-32 – Brownfield Site Cleanup Agreements; DER-10 – Technical Guidance…

• Congress Urges Renewed Federal Scrutiny of Natural Gas Production Process

  Last week, Congress passed legislation that “formally urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a new study on the risks that hydraulic fracturing poses to drinking water supplies.”  The statement, which is found in…

• EPA Publishes Final Rule on Greenhouse Gas Reporting

  EPA’s Final Rule on the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases was published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2009.  (74 Fed. Reg. 56260.)  The rule, which becomes effective on December 29, 2009, requires certain…

• Court of Appeals Confirms Right of Standing In Environmental Cases Where Petitioners Establish Repeated Recreational Use Of A Natural Resource Greater Than The Public At Large

  On October 27, 2009, the New York State Court of Appeals held that individuals who can prove that they use and enjoy a natural resource frequently for repeated recreational use, more so than the public…

• Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Climate Change Lawsuit Alleging Damages From Hurricane Katrina

  On October 16, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that residents and owners of property along the Mississippi Gulf coast had standing to assert public and private nuisance, trespass, and negligence claims against several…

• Daniel Riesel Inducted into American College of Environmental Lawyers

  Daniel Riesel was recently inducted into the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL), a professional association of distinguished private and public sector lawyers who practice in the field of environmental law.  Membership is by invitation…

• Kerry-Boxer Climate Change Bill Introduced in Senate As EPA Prepares to Regulate Stationary Sources

  On September 30, Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) introduced their long-anticipated global warming bill, a counterpart to legislation passed by the House of Representatives last June.  As the starting point for the…