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By Andrew H. Perellis and Craig B. Simonsen

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has just signed a proposed rule to update the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for petroleum refineries to “protect neighborhoods located near refineries.”

According to the Administrator, “this proposal will help us accomplish our goal of making a visible difference in the health and the environment of communities…
Continue Reading EPA Proposes Major Changes for Petroleum Refinery Facilities Air Pollution Standards

By Andrew H. Perellis

Where individual questions overwhelm questions common to the class, a class action cannot be maintained. This simple concept has met with mixed results when applied to the question of whether a class action can proceed for claims based on contaminated groundwater underlying the property of putative class members.

The determination of whether individual questions overwhelm often…
Continue Reading Parko v. Shell Oil – Seventh Circuit Douses Class Action Where No One is Drinking Contaminated Groundwater