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PUBLICATIONS

• New Jersey’s Appellate Division Upholds NJDEP’s Waiver Rule, Providing Greater Flexibility To NJDEP And The Regulated Community

  [Alert]
  Environmental Litigation
  March 2013 (No. 1)
  Kevin J. Bruno and Sandra J. Doyle
  

• The Emerging Litigation Strategy of Environmental Organizations Seeking to Curtail Shale Oil and Gas Development

  [Alert]
  Shale Oil & Gas Development
  November 2012 (No. 5)
  Margaret Anne Hill and Mary Ann Mullaney
  

• NJDEP's Burden of Proof Raised in Establishing Spill Act Liability

  [Article]
  American Bar Association
  October 30, 2012
  Louis Abrams, Kevin J. Bruno and Frank A. Dante
  

• Landmark Ruling by New Jersey Supreme Court Raises NJDEP’s Burden of Proof in Establishing Spill Act Liability

  [Alert]
  Environmental Litigation
  October 2012 (No. 2)
  Kevin J. Bruno, Frank A. Dante and Louis Abrams
  

• A Shift To Sand: Spotlight On Silica Use In Fracking

  [Article]
  Law360
  August 3, 2012
  Margaret Anne Hill and Mary Ann Mullaney
  

• Supreme Court Issues Stunning Rebuke To EPA Enforcement Practice

  [Alert]
  Environmental
  March 2012 (No. 2)
  Heather L. Demirjian, Margaret Anne Hill, Kevin J. Bruno and Benjamin G. Stonelake
  

• U.S. EPA Issues Long-Awaited Final Health Assessment for Perc, Classifies It as a “Likely Human Carcinogen”

  [Alert]
  Environmental
  February 2012 (No. 1)
  Kevin J. Bruno, John J. DiChello, Jr. and Margaret Anne Hill
  

• Private Equity Funds: Good Source of Capital for Independent Exploration and Production Companies

  [Article]
  Oil & Gas Monitor
  December 2, 2011
  Mark S. Greenfield
  

• Debating Shale Development in NY

  [Article]
  Law360
  July 27, 2011
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• Environmental and Legal Issues Surrounding Development of the Marcellus Shale

  [Article]
  Aspatore Special Report: Navigating Legal Issues around the Marcellus Shale (Thomson Reuters/Aspatore)
  2011
  Raymond G. Mullady, Jr., Joseph F. Speelman and Margaret Anne Hill
  

• EPA’s “Fracking” Study: Potential Impacts On Marcellus Shale Development

  [Alert]
  Marcellus Shale Alert
  February 2011 (No. 2)
  Margaret Anne Hill, Mary Ann Mullaney, Joseph F. Speelman and Heather L. Demirjian
  

• Developments in the Marcellus Shale Debate

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  October 2010 (No. 3)
  Margaret Anne Hill and Heather L. Demirjian
  

• After the Deepwater Horizon Response...What Next?

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  October 2010
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Gulf Coast Escrow Fund Claims Procedure Established for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Versus Remedies Available Under Current Law

  [Article]
  ABA Environmental and Energy Business Law Reporter
  Fall 2010
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Renewable Marine Energy

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  July 2010
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• EPA Issues Final Rule for Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Four Emissions Sources

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  July 2010 (No. 2)
  Margaret Anne Hill and Rachel S. Wolfe Mandel
  

• EPA Facility Inspections May Lead To Expanded Liability Due To Employee Participation

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  June 2010 (No. 1)
  Heather L. Demirjian and Margaret Anne Hill
  

• Understanding the Jones Act and the Use of Foreign Skimmers to Respond to the Deepwater Horizon Incident

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  June 2010 (No.6)
  Jonathan K. Waldron, Jeanne M. Grasso, John D. Kimball and Richard V. Singleton II
  

• Corporate Social Responsibility

  [Article]
  Nutraceuticals World
  June 2010
  Yelena M. Barychev
  

• Potential Claims and Policy Changes Resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Incident

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  May 2010 (No. 3)
  Jeanne M. Grasso, John D. Kimball, Richard V. Singleton II and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Legal Developments Affecting the Regulation and Litigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  [Alert]
  Chemical Industry News
  October 2009 (No. 4)
  Heather L. Demirjian and Margaret Anne Hill
  

• A Legacy of Contamination: CERCLA Contribution Claims Against the United States Department of Defense

  [Alert]
  Environmental
  August 6, 2009
  

• CFATS Reauthorization Bill Clears House Homeland Security Committee

  [Alert]
  Chemical Industry News
  June 2009 (No. 2)
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Margaret Anne Hill
  

• Sea Change Ballast Water, Vessel General Permits, and the Limits of Preemption Doctrine

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  June 2009
  Gregory F. Linsin
  

• U.S. Supreme Court Allows Apportionment Of Superfund Liability Where A Reasonable Basis Exists, Also Narrows “Arranger” Liability; Decision Will Likely Increase Litigation

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  May 2009 (No. 2)
  Heather L. Demirjian, Margaret Anne Hill, Benjamin G. Stonelake and Rachel S. Wolfe Mandel
  

• New Environmental Due Diligence Rule for Purchasers of Large Forested and Rural Land

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  February 2009 (No. 1)
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• Pennsylvania Introduces Small Business Energy Efficiency Grant Program

  [Alert]
  Energy Update
  January 2009 (No. 2)
  Karen L. Corliss
  

• Environmental Self-Audit and Voluntary Disclosure to What End?

  [Article]
  Natural Resources & Environment
  Winter 2009
  Gregory F. Linsin
  

• Environmental Imperatives: Essential Elements of a Maritime Environmental Compliance Plan

  [Article]
  Proceedings
  Winter 2008/2009
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Gregory F. Linsin
  

• Waxman Win Portends Big Changes for Regulated Industries

  [Alert]
  Government Relations Update
  November 21, 2008
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• New York Establishes Code of Conduct for Wind Development

  [Alert]
  Energy Update
  November 2008 (No. 15)
  

• New York Landlord Disclosure Requirement

  [Alert]
  Real Estate Update
  October 2008 (No. 2)
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• RGGI Completes First Carbon Credit Auction in U.S.

  [Alert]
  Energy Update
  October 2008 (No. 12)
  

• The Impact of the Exxon Valdez Decision on Future Maritime Cases

  [Article]
  Westlaw/Andrews' Environmental Litigation Reporter
  August 20, 2008
  Joan M. Bondareff and John D. Kimball
  

• MMS Launches Rule Proposal for Outer Continental Shelf Alternative Energy Development

  [Alert]
  Energy Update
  August 2008 (No. 10)
  Margaret Anne Hill, Jonathan K. Waldron and Karen L. Corliss
  

• Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Investment Act

  [Alert]
  Energy Update
  July 2008 (No. 8)
  Christopher A. Lewis
  

• Homeland Security

  [Article]
  American Bar Association Year in Review 2007
  April 2008
  

• A Tidal Wave of New Regulations

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  May 2008
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Public Nuisance in MTBE Litigation: An Attempt to Expand Tort Law beyond Its Historical Parameters

  [Alert]
  Product Liability Alert
  April 2008 (No. 1)
  Jeffrey S. Moller and John J. DiChello, Jr.
  

• Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water . . . California to Enforce Vessel Air Emissions Regulations Despite Ninth Circuit’s Ruling

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  March 2008 (No. 9)
  Gregory F. Linsin, Jeanne M. Grasso and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• The Great Hong Kong Giveaway—Hong Kong 2008–09 Budget Highlights

  [Alert]
  Asia Update
  March 2008 (No. 1)
  

• Second Circuit Decision Affects COGSA Liability for Shipment of Dangerous Cargo

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  March 2008 (No. 7)
  Thomas H. Belknap, Jr.
  

• California Court Helps Clear the Air for Vessels

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  March 2008 (No. 6)
  Gregory F. Linsin, Jeanne M. Grasso and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Environmental Criminal Enforcement: A Record-Setting Year in Review, Troubling Trends, and Future Opportunities

  [Article]
  Maritime Executive
  February 2008
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Gregory F. Linsin
  

• Expansion of Environmental Due Diligence in Transactions

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  January 2008 (No. 2)
  Margaret Anne Hill, Jonathan K. Waldron and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Chemical Security Regulation Requires Top-Screen Submissions by January 22

  [Alert]
  Chemical Industry News
  January 2008 (No. 1)
  Margaret Anne Hill and Benjamin G. Stonelake
  

• 2007 Energy Act Presents Opportunities

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  January 2008 (No. 1)
  Margaret Anne Hill and Heather L. Demirjian
  

• The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Tightens Standards and Offers Incentives

  [Alert]
  Energy Update
  January 2008 (No. 1)
  

• EPA Proposes More Stringent Emission Standards for Marine Diesel Engines on Oceangoing Vessels

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  January 2008 (No. 1)
  Jonathan K. Waldron and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• E-Discovery: An Environmental Professional's Guide

  [Article]
  Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis
  August 6, 2007
  Brian Wm. Higgins
  

• Air Pollution and the “Perfect Storm”: The Supreme Court, Congress, and the EPA Take Action

  [Alert]
  Mainbrace
  June 2007 (No. 2)
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• IAEA Unveils New International Radiation Warning Symbol

  [Alert]
  Environmental and Energy Law Update
  May 2007 (No. 4)
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• REACH—Proactive Planning Is Recommended to Address the EU’s New Chemical Policy Initiatives

  [Alert]
  Chemical Industry Update
  May 2007 (No. 3)
  Benjamin G. Stonelake, Margaret Anne Hill and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• EU and US Policymakers and Thought Leaders Discuss Transatlantic Convergence on Climate Change and Energy Policy

  [Alert]
  U.S./E.U. Policy Insights
  May 2007 (No. 2)
  

• DHS Issues Interim Final Rule on Chemical Security Standards

  [Alert]
  Chemical Industry Update
  April 2007 (No. 2)
  Jeanne M. Grasso, Jonathan K. Waldron and Margaret Anne Hill
  

• Significant Effects on Industry Are Likely to Result from Landmark Supreme Court Decision on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  [Alert]
  Environmental and Energy Law Update
  April 2007 (No. 3)
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• EPA Rule to Streamline SPCC Plan Requirements

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  February 2007 (No. 2)
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• Chemical Facility Security: DHS’s Proposed Interim Anti-Terrorism Standards

  [Alert]
  Chemical Industry Update
  February 2007 (No. 1)
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Margaret Anne Hill
  

• EU Considers New Comprehensive Maritime Policy

  [Alert]
  U.S./E.U. Policy Insights
  January 2007 (No. 1)
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• The European Union Proposes a Unified Maritime Policy

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  February 1, 2007
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• EPA Expands Coverage of NESHAP for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Surface Coating

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  January 2007 (No. 1)
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• For Sale: Want a Coal-Fired Power Plant? Here Is How to Buy One

  [Article]
  Energy Magazine
  Fall 2006
  

• Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  October 2006 (No. 10)
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Environmental Due Diligence Rule Becomes Effective November 1, 2006

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Update
  October 2006 (No. 3)
  Margaret Anne Hill
  

• ABA Special Committee Report on Homeland Security

  [Article]
  ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources' "Year in Review 2005"
  June 14, 2006
  

• New Coast Guard Rules Affect Vessel Operators

  [Article]
  Foghorn
  April 2006
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Increases Penalties for Hazmat Violations

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Alert
  March 2006
  Margaret Anne Hill, Benjamin G. Stonelake, Jonathan K. Waldron and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• New Marpol Annex I Coast Guard Enforcement Guidelines

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  February 2006
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Allocating Patent Infringement Liability Risks

  [Article]
  Natural Resources & Environment magazine
  Winter 2006
  Brian Wm. Higgins
  

• Marine Casualty Reporting Requirements Expanded to Include “Significant Harm to the Environment”

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  January 2006
  Jonathan K. Waldron and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• EPA Proposes to Revise SPCC Rules and Extend Compliance Dates

  [Alert]
  Environmental Law Alert
  January 2006
  Margaret Anne Hill, Benjamin G. Stonelake, Jonathan K. Waldron and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Another Federal Court of Appeals Finds Simple Negligence Sufficient for Criminal Liability under the Clean Water Act

  [Alert]
  White Collar Alert
  December 2005
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Criminal Liability of the Mariner (and His Employer)

  [Article]
  Marine News
  September 7, 2005
  Jeffrey S. Moller
  

• Law and Order: The Emergence of the Seaman’s Manslaughter Statute

  [Article]
  Benedict’s Maritime Bulletin
  Second Quarter 2005
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Reinstatement of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Tax

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  August 2005
  Jonathan K. Waldron and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Better Pollution Prevention Equipment Will Soon Become Mandatory - But Exactly When and How?

  [Article]
  Marine News
  August 2005
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Whistleblowers Awarded $250,000 for Reporting Illegal Discharge of Oil at Sea

  [Alert]
  White Collar Alert
  June 2005
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Fixing the Waters

  [Article]
  MarineNews
  May 2005
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Criminal Prosecutions and the Maritime Industry: A Worldwide Trend

  [Article]
  Presented at the International Oil Spill Conference
  May 15, 2005
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• EPA Issues Proposed Environmental Due Diligence Rule

  [Alert]
  Environmental Update
  October 2004
  

• Environmental Due Diligence – More Important Now than Ever

  [Alert]
  Environmental Update
  May 2004
  

• New York and New Jersey Brownfield Development Initiatives

  [Alert]
  Environmental Update
  February 7, 2004
  

• Homeland Security Law Handbook: A Guide to the Legal and Regulatory Framework

  [Book]
  Government Institutes
  2003
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Failure to Train Employees: Now a Federal Crime

  [Article]
  Occupational Health & Safety
  November 2003
  The Olympic Pipeline prosecution should be a wake-up call to industry. Industrial "accidents" often result in the initiation of a criminal investigation.
  

• Delaware Seeks Greater Sanctions For Violations of Environmental Laws

  [Alert]
  Environmental Update
  July 2003
  

• Co-Author: Recent Developments in Aviation Law, 2003 Update

  [Article]
  Aviation Insurance Association's 2003 Annual Conference
  2003
  

• Explosives Users Face New Strict Statutory and Regulatory Requirements

  [Alert]
  Regulatory Developments Update
  May 2003
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Proposed Legislation for Vessel and Facility Response Plans

  [Alert]
  New Maritime Development Update
  May 2003
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• EPA Extends Deadlines for Preparing Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans

  [Alert]
  Environmental Update
  May 2003
  

• Proposed Legislation for Vessel and Facility Response Plans

  [Alert]
  New Maritime Developments Update
  May 1, 2003
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Extended Filing Periods for Toxic Tort Claims

  [Alert]
  Environmental Update
  February 2003
  

• Employee's Conduct May Be Crime Under Waste Management Act

  [Alert]
  Environmental Alert
  October 2002
  

• Causation in Toxic Tort Litigation: Which Way Do We Go, Judge?

  [Article]
  Villanova Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 1, p. 33. (cited at Plourde v. Gladstone, 190 F. Supp. 2d 708 (Dist. Vt. 2002)).
  2002
  

• Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118)

  [Alert]
  Environmental Alert
  January 2002
  Margaret Anne Hill and Benjamin G. Stonelake
  

• Co-Author, A Look Inside Lyondell’s MTBE Litigation: Coordination Key for In-House Lawyers and National Defense Counsel

  [Article]
  The Legal Intelligencer Corporate Counsel Supplement
  March 21, 2001
  Frank A. Dante, Alan J. Hoffman and Mary Ann Mullaney
  

• MTBE Litigation Unlikely to Include Rule 23 (b)(3) Classes

  [Article]
  BNA, Inc.,Toxic Law Reporter, Volume 15, No. 26
  July 6, 2000
  Alan J. Hoffman and Frank A. Dante
  

• BNA, Inc., Class Action Litigation, Volume 1, No.5

  [Article]
  MTBE Litigation Unlikely to Include Rule 23 (b)(3) Classes
  June 23, 2000
  Alan J. Hoffman
  

• MTBE Litigation Unlikely to Include Rule 23 (b)(3) Classes

  [Article]
  BNA, Inc., Class Action Litigation, Volume 1, No. 5
  June 23, 2000
  Frank A. Dante and Alan J. Hoffman
  

• MTBE’s application to mass tort litigation of class actions, mass torts and alternative dispute resolution.

  [Article]
  Mealey’s UST and MTBE Litigation Conference 1999
  June 16, 1999
  Alan J. Hoffman
  

• A Discussion of Regulatory Requirements and Air Dispersion Modeling Approaches Applicable to U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Facilities

  [Article]
  48 J. Air and Waste Management Association 174
  1998
  Brian Wm. Higgins
  

• Co-Author: Sixth Circuit Federal Practice Manual

  [Book]
  Sixth Circuit Federal Practice Manual, Second edition published May 1999
  1993
  Michael L. Cioffi
  

• The Status of Oil Pollution Legislation in the United States as of Mid-May 1990

  [Article]
  Mainbrace
  May 15, 1990