News & Analysis as of

Clean Water Act › Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) › Environmental Justice

The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination.  The CWA seeks to... more +
The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination.  The CWA seeks to accomplish its stated goals by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, assisting wastewater treatment facilities and maintaining wetlands. less -
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

PFAS Discharges: Environmental Justice Community Action Network and Roseboro, North Carolina Landfill Enter into Proposed Judicial...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on

The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) on behalf of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network filed a Proposed Judicial Consent Decree (“CD”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Environmental Criminal Enforcement: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Brady Motion to Challenging Clean Water Act Conviction

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on

The United Stated Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (“9th Circuit”) in an August 28th Memorandum addressed a post-trial Motion subject to a Clean Water Act criminal enforcement trial. See U.S. v. Louie Sanft, 2024 W.L....more

WilmerHale

EPA and DOI Regulatory Roundup: Air Toxics and Carbon, Coal Ash, Wastewater, Methane, and Offshore Wind

WilmerHale on

The Biden-Harris Administration recently issued a suite of new rules aimed at addressing water and air quality, reducing methane emissions, protecting environmental justice communities, and accelerating the nation’s...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Underground Injection Control: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition Filed Addressing Allegheny County, Pennsylvania...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on

Two individuals filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”) challenging an Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Class II-D...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

How U.S. EPA’s New Environmental Justice Initiative Impacts Manufacturing Operations

Foley & Lardner LLP on

What Is Environmental Justice? The Environmental Justice Initiative seeks to ensure that all Americans—regardless of race, color, national origin, or income—receive fair treatment and have meaningful involvement with...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Underground Injection Control/Class II-D: Three Rivers Waterkeeper U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenge to Allegheny...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on

Protect PT and Three Rivers Waterkeeper (collectively, “Three Rivers”) filed a document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board styled: Petition for Review by Protect...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Applying Environmental Justice to the Regulated Community: What to Expect and How to Plan Accordingly

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on

Though environmental justice (EJ) has been a cornerstone of the Biden Administration, it lacks federal enforcement laws. Executive orders and responses from federal agencies have shaped U.S. enforcement of EJ issues....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

What You Need to Know About U.S. EPA’s New Federal Enforcement Priorities

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced its federal enforcement priorities for 2024 to 2027. U.S. EPA selects its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives every four years to prioritize resources...more

Jones Day

U.S. Intensifies Environmental Crime Enforcement in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Jones Day on

In Short - The Situation: The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ" or "Department") and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") recently announced the creation of a regional, cross-agency taskforce, targeting...more

ArentFox Schiff

Will Environmental Justice Programs Be Affected by SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decisions?

ArentFox Schiff on

In the United States, environmental and public health measures often correlate to variables like education, income, and a community’s racial makeup. In the five decades since Congress began to create comprehensive...more

ArentFox Schiff

Environmental Justice Update: Differing State and Local Approaches to Federal Civil Rights Actions

ArentFox Schiff on

Addressing environmental justice (EJ) issues has been a primary concern for the Biden Administration. Recent developments — one in Chicago and one in Louisiana — show different ways local and state regulators have reacted to...more

Williams Mullen

Biden and EPA Continue to Push Environmental Justice Using Cumulative Impacts

Williams Mullen on

President Biden is pushing in 2023 to strengthen Environmental Justice (EJ) initiatives and policies from the top down. This includes ordering more action and results from relevant federal agencies and pushing for the use of...more

ArentFox Schiff

ESG and Environmental Justice

ArentFox Schiff on

What buzzwords define the environmental space in the past two years? Both “ESG” and “environmental justice” (EJ) are strong contenders. This post outlines how these concepts relate and provides guidance as to how companies...more

Goldberg Segalla

Advancing Environmental Justice: EPA Releases New Roadmap to Address Cumulative Impacts

Goldberg Segalla on

The Environmental Protection Agency recently published a Cumulative Impacts Addendum (“Addendum”) to its Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice (“EJ Legal Tools”), issued in May 2022....more

King & Spalding

USEPA FY2022 Enforcement and Compliance Results Highlight Environmental Justice

King & Spalding on

The annual results of the agency’s enforcement and compliance efforts repeatedly discussed Environmental Justice (EJ), touting general trends and specific enforcement actions related to potential communities of concern. The...more

K&L Gates LLP

U.S. EPA Releases Cumulative Impacts Addendum to Guidance on Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice

K&L Gates LLP on

On 11 January 2023, EPA‘s Office of the General Counsel released the Cumulative Impacts Addendum (the Addendum). This 52-page document provides the first-ever collection of examples of environmental and other legal...more

Adams and Reese LLP

WOTUS Definition Just Months Before Supreme Court Ruling ‘Digs Same Hole’ of 50-Year Debate

Adams and Reese LLP on

When you find yourself digging the same hole and getting nowhere, quit digging. At least, that is what rational logic would dictate. On December 30, 2022, the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (collectively,...more

King & Spalding

EPA Releases a Cumulative Impacts Addendum to its Environmental Justice Tool Kit

King & Spalding on

On January 11, 2023, EPA’s Office of the General Counsel released a Cumulative Impacts Addendum (“Addendum”) to its May 2022 publication Legal Tools To Advance Environmental Justice, continuing to signal its focus on...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

WOTUS Rule Finalized: What Does it Mean?

Lippes Mathias LLP on

Following decades of regulatory actions and lawsuits concerning the definition of “waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act, on December 30, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army...more

J.S. Held

U.S. EPA’s First Usage of Clean Water Act Residual Designation Authority & Environmental Justice

J.S. Held on

In September 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 issued a decision to use its Clean Water Act (CWA) Residual Designation Authority (RDA) to require National Pollution Discharge Elimination System...more

ArentFox Schiff

Ten Environmental and Energy Issues to Watch in 2023

ArentFox Schiff on

What will happen in the environmental and energy space in 2023? The last year saw transformative changes in the environmental and energy space in the form of historic spending through the federal Inflation Reduction Act, a...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA Region 1 Expands NPDES Stormwater Permitting Requirement to Sites Across Three Massachusetts Watersheds

Beveridge & Diamond PC on

Key Takeaways - • What Is Happening? On September 14, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 exercised its Clean Water Act (CWA) Residual Designation Authority to require National Pollutant Discharge...more

ArentFox Schiff

Environmental Justice Update: EPA Issues Initial Findings Regarding Louisiana Civil Rights Complaints

ArentFox Schiff on

In a recent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) letter issued to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), the Biden Administration deploys its plans to use...more

Robinson+Cole Environmental Law +

No Love for the Dirty Water: EPA Proposing Expanded Stormwater Permitting in Boston

Robinson+Cole Environmental Law + on

The Standells may “love that dirty water” according to their 1966 hit song, but the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New England region is hoping to reduce stormwater pollution running off industrial, commercial and...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

EPA Unveils Updated Legal “Toolbox” to Address Environmental Justice Concerns

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on

Earlier this quarter, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an updated legal “toolbox” to further the Administration’s goal of achieving environmental justice (EJ) in historical “EJ Communities.” The White House...more

41 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2
Next »

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide