Ohio Environmental Law Blog

"Provides insights and commentary on environmental policy, regulations, and case developments for the business and legal community. Content includes discussion of climate change, renewable energy, brownfield redevelopment, air permitting and regulation, water permitting and regulation, and waste regulation. Emphasis is upon how developments in environmental regulation impact business. Intended audience: environment health & safety personnel; business executive management; legal professionals; and those in government with an interest in environmental law and policy."

Author: Joe Koncelik is a partner with Frantz Ward in Cleveland.

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Recent Posts from Ohio Environmental Law Blog

Growing Wave of Climate Change Tort Suits Create Uncertainty
Two federal appeal courts (Fifth and Second Circuits) have issued decisions that will allow lawsuits to proceed that assert common law tort claims based on business contribution to climate change. Comer v. Murphy Oil USA…
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Money Could Sit Idle
The Obama Administration proposal for funding the Great Lakes, known as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), has cleared a key House-Senate conference committee. The legislation would provide $475 million for a comprehensive Great Lakes restoration…
Expert Environmental Traders Discuss Climate Bills
The past two days I have been in Houston at the Environmental Markets Association (EMA) fall conference. If you are not familiar with the EMA, it is an organization that supports the use of market-based solutions…
Federal Tax Incentive For Environmental Clean Ups Provides Advantages Through End of 2009
Any business spending money on an environmental investigation or on clean up at property they own examine closely a federal tax incentive which is set to expire December 31, 2009. The incentive allows environmental clean up costs…
EPA Begins Process of Determining BACT for CO2
U.S. EPA has initiated the process for determining what controls it will require should it finalize its proposal to regulate large industrial sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs). As discussed in a prior post, the first phase…
Court Orders Full Hearings in Ohio Environmental Appeals
The saga involving the Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC) appears to have come to a conclusion (see prior post). ERAC had limited all administrative hearings to 1-hour in response to deadlines imposed by the Ohio General Assembly. Today, a…
EPA Announces Risky Regulatory Approach on Climate Change
On September 30th, U.S. EPA announced the release of its proposed rule regulating emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from large industrial sources. The proposal represents a risky move by U.S. EPA in the event climate change legislative…
Ohio Environmental Appeals Proceed with 1-hour Hearings Despite Court Actions
The latest developments in the saga involving current hearing process in the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC) shows chaos rains for the hundreds of appeals pending before the Commission. As previously covered on this…
Implications of U.S. EPA Mandatory Greenhouse Gase Reporting Rule
The first step to establishment of a comprehensive climate change regulatory program has been completed by U.S. EPA . On September 22nd, the Agency finalized its rule on mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). The…
U.S. EPA's Proposal to Extend Costly Shipping Regulations to the Great Lakes Raises Questions
In March of this year Canada and the United States submitted a bi-national proposal to reduce emissions from ships at ports. The proposal marked the culmination of years of study of the costs and benefits of…