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Natural Resource Damages/Oil Pollution Act Enforcement: United States/Arkansas Game and Fish Commission File Judicial Action...

A complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arkansas against ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, LLC and Mobil Pipe Line Company (collectively, “Exxon”) addressing the 2013 release of oil from the...more

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U.S. Department of the Interior Proposes Revisions to NRDA Regulation Type A Rule

On Friday, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced proposed changes to certain methods used to assess natural resource damages for hazardous substance releases under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more

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Hawaii Sues 25 “Forever Chemical” Manufacturers

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Hawaii AG Anne E. Lopez filed a lawsuit against 25 manufacturers of aqueous firefighting foam (AFFF) products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), alleging that for decades the companies violated state...more

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Rulemaking to Modernize, Expand DOI’s “Type A” Natural Resource Damage Assessment Rules Expected Fall 2023

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) anticipates proposing a new rule that would revise its “Type A” Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) regulations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...more

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How Do You Measure The Economic Value of Ecosystems?

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The Litigation Nation Podcast, hosted by Jack Sanker & Luke Behnke, is a roundup of the most important and interesting legal developments happening right now, giving you an insider’s view to the legal system. Litigation...more

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DOI Seeks Comments on Proposal to Expand Natural Resource Damage Assessment Procedures

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The advanced notice of proposed rulemaking signals DOI’s interest in developing faster and more cost-effective methods to quantify natural resource damage claims. On January 18, 2023, the US Department of the Interior...more

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Considering Environmental Justice in Natural Resource Damage Assessment

January 27, 2022 was the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s announcing his Justice40 program as part of his approach to building environmental justice (EJ) broadly into decision-making.  In December EPA announced it...more

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Texas Accomodation Doctrine Claim Repudiated

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Harrison v. Rosetta Resources Operating LP presents a wacky? time-wasting? clever? unsuccessful attempt to expand reinvent the Texas accomodation doctrine....more

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NJ Appeals Court Affirms Approval of Controversial Spills Act Settlement

On February 12, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey issued its ruling in the case of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. Exxon Mobil Corporation. The appeals court affirmed the...more

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It’s All Good – New Jersey Judge Approves NJDEP’s Controversial $225 Million Settlement with ExxonMobil

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After months of controversy, public comments, response to public comments, motions to intervene, amicus briefs, oral arguments, editorials and a sustained flurry of activity in social media, the decision we have been waiting...more

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