Toxics Law Reporter Index-Summary

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (USTs)

– Contaminated gasoline, $25M settlement approved (S.D.W. Va.), 473
– Kinder Morgan challenges fairness of Los Angeles water board cleanup order for tank farm (Cal. Super. Ct.), 184
– Leaking tanks, states get $200M for cleanup, 515
– Radioactive transuranic waste, state may regulate Energy Dep't WIPP-designated waste at Hanford, Wash. site under RCRA (9th Cir.), 379; stimulus funds to help with cleanup, 486; tri-party agreement and consent decree proposed, 971
– Safety violations, untimely penalty challenge properly dismissed (N.C. Ct. App.), 999
– Soil contamination, compliance costs prior to insurer notice not reimbursable (Ind.), 636

UTAH

– Aldara, side effects claim untimely where notice was given when physician ordered usage stopped (D. Utah), 265
– Duragesic patch, wrongful death, negligence and punitive damages claims proceed under state law (D. Utah), 965
– Sulfuric acid, Chevron worker claim reinstated under workers' compensation intentional injury exception (Utah), 262
– World War II chemical weapons test site, Superfund pre-enforcement review bar blocks landowner suit against DOD for cleanup (U.S., rev den), 450

UTILITIES

– Drinking water, Outlook 2009, 124
– Renewable energy

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2454, HR 3165, S 1462