The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Union Pacific Railroad Company (“UP”) entered into a Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing an alleged violation of Section 311 of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency entered into a Consent Decree (“Decree”) with Delek Logistics Operating, LLC, and Sala Gathering Systems, LLC, (collectively Delek) to address alleged violations relating to a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Fraticelli Oil Company (“FOC”) entered into an April 23rd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) for alleged violation of Section 311(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Figaro Holdings, LLC (“FH”) entered into a November 1st Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of Subtitle I of the Resource...more
This article is the second in a three-part series that began with “Off the Tracks: A Data-Driven Analysis of Crude-by-Rail Liability Factors, Exposure, and Potential Solutions,” which was published on December 19, 2015. ...more
Last week’s decision by District Judge Carl Barbier exposes the UK-headquartered energy giant to up to $18bn in fines for the 2010 drillship incident because, under the same US laws that cover tanker spills, civil penalties...more
On an appeal of a penalty determination in the first oil spill case to be tried under the civil penalty provisions enacted after the Exxon Valdez catastrophe in the Oil Pollution Act of 1991, the Fifth Circuit Court of...more