Judge Holds Feds to the Fire on Chemical-Spill Reporting
From: Courthouse News Service
“As public interest organizations, the plaintiffs argued that delays in reporting of accidental emissions make their job of raising community awareness…
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From: Courthouse News Service
“As public interest organizations, the plaintiffs argued that delays in reporting of accidental emissions make their job of raising community awareness…
From: Washington Post
“Mehta observed that the agency has had more than 20 years — far in excess of any “unreasonable delay” — to promulgate a final regulation and ordered the board…
From: Politico
“Nine of Interior’s 17 political positions are empty, according to a list compiled by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an environmental group made up…
From: Tampa Bay Times
“An environmental group is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to step in to correct what it says is the state’s failure to fix repeated violations…
From: FedWeek
“A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have better defined the responsibilities of agency officials to create and keep records related to their decisions,…
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