PHMSA Proposes to Incorporate New and Updated Voluntary Consensus Standards into Pipeline Safety Regulations and to Clarify Certain Safety Regulations

Emily Pitlick, Susan Olenchuk, John Burnes, Meaghan Curry, Mona Tandon
August 5, 2009

On July 22, 2009 the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to incorporate 41 new and updated voluntary consensus standards into federal pipeline safety regulations. PHMSA also is proposing to clarify several regulatory requirements. Van Ness Feldman's Pipeline Safety Team has prepared an overview of the proposed rule, which will affect regulatory requirements applicable to operators of gas pipelines, LNG facilities, and hazardous liquid pipelines.

Supreme Court Finds EPA Permissibly Relied on Cost-Benefit Analyses in Its Phase II Cooling Water Intake Rule

Stephen Fotis, Sam Kalen, Howard Shapiro, Mona Tandon
April 3, 2009

On April 1, 2009, a divided Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency permissibly relied on cost-benefit analyses under the Clean Water Act in setting national performance standards to protect aquatic organisms from cooling water intake structures at large, existing power-producing facilities, and in providing for variances from those standards based on cost-benefit comparisons.

Second Circuit Invalidates Key Provisions of EPA’s Phase II Cooling Water Intake Rule

Mona Tandon, Sam Kalen
January 31, 2007

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated in part, and remanded in part, a final rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency intended to protect aquatic organisms from cooling water intake structures at large, existing power-producing facilities.

Association of Transportation Law Professionals 81st Annual Meeting

Harbourtowne Golf Resort & Conference Center, Saint Michaels, MD
June 29, 2010

Mona Tandon is speaking at this event.