Nathan D. Richardson

University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law

Assistant Professor

1525 Senate Street

Columbia, SC 29208

United States

Resources for the Future

Resident Scholar

1616 P Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

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  • University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law

  • Resources for the Future

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1.

Deepwater Drilling: Law, Policy, and Economics of Firm Organization and Safety

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 10-65
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 27 Jan 2011
Mark A. Cohen, Madeline Gottlieb, Joshua Linn and Nathan D. Richardson
Vanderbilt University - Strategy and Business Economics, Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future and University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 211 (288,542)
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Deepwater Horizon, BP Oil Spill, Safety Culture, Government Policy, Liability Caps, Financial Responsibility, Insurance

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Deference is Dead (Long Live Chevron)

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 07 Oct 2020
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 186 (323,993)

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administrative law, deference, Chevron, agencies

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Deference for Realists: How the Resurgent Major Questions Doctrine is a Safety Valve for Chevron

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 26 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2020
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 163 (363,875)

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Major questions, Chevron, deference, marbury, clean power plan

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Organizational Design for Spill Containment in Deepwater Drilling Operations in the Gulf of Mexico: Assessment of the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC)

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 10-63
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 01 Feb 2011
Robert Cleve Anderson, Mark A. Cohen, Molly K. Macauley, Nathan D. Richardson and Adam Stern
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Vanderbilt University - Strategy and Business Economics, Resources for the Future, University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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oil spill, containment, industry R&D, liability, regulation, governance, innovation

5.

Prevailing Academic View on Compliance Flexibility Under § 111 of the Clean Air Act

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 11-29
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2014
Gregory Wannier, Jason A. Schwartz, Nathan D. Richardson, Michael A. Livermore, Michael Gerrard and Dallas Burtraw
affiliation not provided to SSRN, New York University School of Law, University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Columbia University - Law School and Resources for the Future
Downloads 143 (405,378)
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source category, existing sources, state implementation plan, new sources, tradable performance standards

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Greenhouse Gas Regulation Under the Clean Air Act: Does Chevron v. NRDC Set the EPA Free?

Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2013
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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Clean Air Act, greenhouse gases, GHGs, NAAQS, §108, NRDC v. Train, Chevron v. NRDC, endangerment

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Greenhouse Gas Regulation Under the Clean Air Act: Structure, Effects, and Implications of a Knowable Pathway

Resources for the Future RFF DP 10-23
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 15 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2015
Nathan D. Richardson, Arthur G. Fraas and Dallas Burtraw
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law, Resources for the Future and Resources for the Future
Downloads 132 (431,672)
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climate policy, efficiency, EPA, Clean Air Act, NAAQS, coal

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Greenhouse Gas Regulation Under the Clean Air Act: A Guide for Economists

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 11-08
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Feb 2011
Dallas Burtraw, Arthur G. Fraas and Nathan D. Richardson
Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future and University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 101 (530,053)
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climate policy, efficiency, EPA, Clean Air Act, NAAQS, coal

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Pits versus Tanks: Risks and Mitigation Options for On-Site Storage of Wastewater from Shale Gas and Tight Oil Development

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 15-53
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 28 Feb 2016
Yusuke Kuwayama, Skyler Shea Roeshot, Alan Krupnick and Nathan D. Richardson
Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future and University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 99 (533,661)
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oil and gas production, wastewater storage, environmental regulation

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Trading Unmoored: The Uncertain Legal Foundation for Emissions Trading Under §111 of the Clean Air Act

Penn State Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 May 2015
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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Clean Air Act, Cap and Trade, Emissions Trading, Clean Power Plan, ESPS, 111(d), EPA, Climate Change

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International Greenhouse Gas Offsets Under the Clean Air Act

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Apr 2010
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 91 (563,190)
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climate change, Clean Air Act, EPA, offsets

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Aviation, Carbon, and the Clean Air Act

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 12-22
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Aug 2012
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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Clean Air Act, aviation, aircraft, carbon, emissions, GHGs, European Union, trading, flexibility

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Tradable Standards for Clean Air Act Carbon Policy

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 12-05
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Feb 2012
Dallas Burtraw, Arthur G. Fraas and Nathan D. Richardson
Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future and University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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averaging, flexibility, regulatory design, market-based regulation

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Comparing the Clean Air Act and a Carbon Price

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 13-13
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Nathan D. Richardson and Arthur G. Fraas
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law and Resources for the Future
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Clean Air Act, carbon pricing, greenhouse gas emissions, cap and trade, climate policy

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The Rise and Fall of Clean Air Act Climate Policy

Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 07 Oct 2020
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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clean air act, climate change, climate, administrative law, environmental law

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Putting a Carbon Charge on Federal Coal: Legal and Economic Issues

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 15-13
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 26 Jun 2015
Alan Krupnick, Joel Darmstadter, Nathan D. Richardson and Katrina McLaughlin
Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future, University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law and Resources for the Future
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carbon taxes, coal, climate change, pollution strategies, emissions reductions

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Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands: An Analysis of the Bureau of Land Management's Revised Proposed Rule

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 13-26
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Nov 2013
Molly Feiden, Madeline Gottlieb, Alan Krupnick and Nathan D. Richardson
Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future and University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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The Elephant in the Room or the Elephant in the Mousehole? The Legal Risks (and Promise) of Climate Policy Under §115 of the Clean Air Act

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 16-41-REV
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2016
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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climate, climate change, Clean Air Act, Clean Power Plan, §115, EPA

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Banking on Allowances: The EPA’s Mixed Record in Managing Emissions-Market Transitions

Resources for the Future Discussions Paper No. 10-42
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Sep 2010
Arthur G. Fraas and Nathan D. Richardson
Resources for the Future and University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 72 (644,736)
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cap and trade, nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxide, banking, borrowing, CAIR, NOx SIP Call, Transport Rule, Clean Air Act, EPA

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Comments on EPA’s Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 12-31
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Jul 2012
Dallas Burtraw, Arthur G. Fraas, Karen L. Palmer and Nathan D. Richardson
Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future, Resources for the Future and University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 70 (659,286)
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greenhouse gas emissions, performance standards, new source review, carbon capture and storage technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, uncertainty

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Managing the Risks of Shale Gas Development Using Innovative Legal and Regulatory Approaches

RFF Discussion Paper 14-15
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Dec 2014
Sheila M. Olmstead and Nathan D. Richardson
LBJ School of Public Affairs and University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 67 (669,152)
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shale, shale gas, liability, market-based tools, burden shifting, information

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Playing Without Aces: Offsets and the Limits of Flexibility Under Clean Air Act Climate Policy

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 11-49
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Jan 2012
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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Clean Air Act, offsets, carbon, GHGs, greenhouse gases, flexibility, §111, §111(d), CAA, biomass co-firing, AB32

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Keeping Big Cases from Making Bad Law: The Resurgent 'Major Questions' Doctrine

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 07 Oct 2020
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
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administrative law, major questions doctrine, chevron

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Social License to Regulate: Consumer-Producer Collusion and Related Policy Risks for Consumer- Facing Regulation

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 86, 2018
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 Oct 2020
Nathan D. Richardson
University of South Carolina - Joseph F. Rice School of Law
Downloads 30 (922,774)

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environmental law