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		<title>CEQ Proposes NEPA Guidance on Climate Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 18, 2010, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) released a long-anticipated draft guidance document addressing how the effects of climate change and greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions should be analyzed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 
 The CEQ guidance stresses that NEPA “demands informed, realistic governmental decision making.”   Accordingly, the guidance instructs federal agencies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/03/ceq-proposes-nepa-guidance-on-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>Second Circuit Clarifies Superfund Cost Recovery and Liability Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently issued a decision in Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc., &#8212; F.3d &#8212;-, 2010 WL 626064 (2d Cir. Feb. 24, 2010), another in a series of cases that attempt to chart the contours of liability of potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) under CERCLA.  Following its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/03/second-circuit-clarifies-superfund-cost-recovery-and-liability-issues/</link>
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		<title>Newslink: EPA Lists Gowanus Canal As Superfund Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has decided to add the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY to the National Priorities List, which will render the canal a Superfund site under the federal Superfund statute, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (&#8220;CERCLA&#8221;).

Read more at the New York Times and in EPA&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/03/newslink-epa-lists-gowanus-canal-as-superfund-site/</link>
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		<title>New Lead-Based Paint Requirements Under EPA’s Renovation, Repair And Painting Rule Go Into Effect In April 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In April 2008, EPA promulgated regulations governing renovations in target housing (i.e., any housing constructed prior to 1978) and child-occupied facilities.  The rule was designed to ensure that owners and occupants of target housing and child-occupied facilities receive information on lead-based paint hazards prior to the commencement of renovations and to ensure that firms performing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/02/new-lead-based-paint-requirements-under-epa%e2%80%99s-renovation-repair-and-painting-rule-go-into-effect-in-april-2010/</link>
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		<title>Court of Appeals Overturns Improper Exclusion of Property from Brownfield Cleanup Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 18, 2010, New York’s highest court held in Lighthouse Pointe Property Associates LLC v. New York State Dep’t of Envtl. Conservation, &#8212; N.E.2d &#8211;, 2010 WL 546058 (N.Y.), 2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 01377 (Feb. 18, 2010) (“Lighthouse”), that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) improperly excluded property in Monroe County [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/02/court-of-appeals-overturns-improper-exclusion-of-property-from-brownfield-cleanup-program/</link>
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		<title>Federal District Court Holds Lessor Of Industrial Equipment Liable As A “Current Owner” Under Superfund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a noteworthy ruling, the United States District in the Northern District of Illinois held that an owner of industrial equipment leased to the operator of a plating facility is strictly liable as a current owner of a “facility” under Section 107(a) of Superfund (also known as CERCLA).  United States v. Saporito, 2010 WL 489703 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/02/federal-district-court-holds-lessor-of-industrial-equipment-liable-as-a-%e2%80%9ccurrent-owner%e2%80%9d-under-superfund/</link>
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		<title>Once Again, First Department Overturns Improper Exclusion of Property from Brownfield Cleanup Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, February 11, the First Department of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, held for the second time that the Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) improperly excluded a Manhattan property from the Brownfield Cleanup Program (“BCP”) HLP Properties, LLC v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, &#8212; N.Y.S.2d &#8212;-, 2010 WL [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/02/once-again-first-department-overturns-improper-exclusion-of-property-from-brownfield-cleanup-program/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Department of Commerce Announces New Climate Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 8, 2010, the Department of Commerce announced that it would create a new Climate Service within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), to be called NOAA Climate Service.  NOAA Climate Service will integrate NOAA’s climate science and provide an accessible source of climate change related planning information for governments, industries, academia, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/02/u-s-department-of-commerce-announces-new-climate-service/</link>
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		<title>SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Climate Change Disclosure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 27, 2010, in response to petitions filed by institutional investors and other investor groups, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published an interpretive release to provide greater guidance to public companies regarding the Commission’s existing disclosure requirements as they apply to climate change matters (the “Guidance”).
The SEC’s action follows settlements entered into by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/02/sec-issues-interpretive-guidance-on-climate-change-disclosure/</link>
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		<title>Shareholders Seek Disclosure of Risks Associated with Natural Gas Drilling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 26, 2010, shareholders for twelve natural gas companies requested disclosure of environmental and financial risks associated with extracting gas from the underground Marcellus Shale formation through hydraulic fracturing or “hydofracking. ”  This proposed process has received a great deal of attention in recent months.  Environmental organizations and others have expressed concern that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/01/shareholders-seek-disclosure-of-risks-associated-with-natural-gas-drilling/</link>
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