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EPA Extends Comment Period On Pavillion Groundwater Revised Report

In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) began investigating claims of groundwater contamination in private drinking water wells in and around Pavillion, Wyoming....more

Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update: January 2013 - Plaintiffs Bear the Burden of Establishing Causation by Competent Expert...

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently ended 16 years of toxic tort litigation relating to fugitive hexavalent chromium (C6) exposure involving the City of Willits and...more

Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update: January 2013 - New Jersey Supreme Court Clarifies Requisite Nexus for Liability Under...

In New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection v. Dimant, 212 N.J. 153 (2012), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) must establish, by a preponderance of the...more

FDEP Issues Guidance On Non-Enforcement Of Ammonia Groundwater Cleanup Target Level

The Florida groundwater cleanup target level (GCTL) for ammonia may soon become obsolete. At landfills and other waste management facilities, ammonia is frequently detected in groundwater at levels in excess of the GCTL set...more