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DEQ Proposes 361K Penalty Against CSX For James River Tanker Fire

2015-02-23 18:02:12| Waste Management - Topix.net

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has proposed a consent order in response to the derailment of a rail car that caught fire in the James River in Lynchburg in April of last year. The order imposes a $361,000 civil charge against tanker car owner CSX Transportation Inc. An investigation by DEQ and CSX determined that of the more than 29,000 gallons of crude oil in the breached tanker, approximately 98 percent was consumed in the fire.

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US proposes Arctic-specific exploration drilling regulations

2015-02-23 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

The US Government has proposed regulations for safe exploration drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea planning areas in the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

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The US proposes first-ever federal regulations for Arctic oil and gas drilling

2015-02-21 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Verge: The Obama administration yesterday proposed the first-ever federal regulations for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, The Wall Street Journal reports. The rules would require companies to create contingency plans in the event of a spill or rig malfunction. The Interior Department's proposals, which would only apply to exploratory wells, stem from its 2014 discussions with Royal Dutch Shell to fortify the company's safety plan in the Arctic. That plan included new tugboats, an extra helicopter,...

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UK regulator proposes drop in licence charges for mobile operators

2015-02-19 13:36:56| Telecom - Topix.net

Mobile phone networks could pay lower fees to the government for using airwaves, British telecoms regulator Ofcom said on Thursday, after it recalculated the value of some blocks of spectrum following a 4G auction two years ago. Operators EE, owned by Deutsche Telekom and Orange, Telefonica's O2, Vodafone and Hutchison's Three, could see their total annual fees fall by 10 percent on Ofcom's previous proposal to a combined 223 million pounds a year, the regulator said.

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