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EPA Litigation Defense in 2024: Strategies for Companies Facing Civil or Criminal Penalties

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for enforcing the federal laws, regulations, and Executive Orders focused on protecting the environment for the benefit of the American people, threatened and...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

[Hybrid Event] PFAS Update Seminar - Sweeping PFAS Cleanup Liability on the Horizon - May 7th, Washington, DC

Join Kelley Drye for a seminar on the latest regulatory developments that are likely to usher in expansive new liability for the release and remediation of some of the most widely utilized per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

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Key Regulatory Risks for Businesses to Navigate in 2024

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In the dynamic business landscape, regulatory legislation changes are constant. These alterations in laws often feel like an unrelenting force impacting senior leadership, compelling them to reassess and adjust existing...more

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This is NOT a drill! EPA is going to require billions of dollars of PFAS remediation in many places, including at already "closed"...

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Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Mattalian, an Inside EPA reporter writing a story about the suggestion by an EPA official that EPA might require additional PFAS investigations and clean up at properties that had already been...more

Nossaman LLP

Governor Newsom Signs SB 389 Into Law

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On October 8, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 389 (“SB 389”), which amended § 1051 of the Water Code to expand the investigatory authority of the State Water Resources Control Board (“Water Board”)....more

Jenner & Block

Department of Justice Secures First Title VI Environmental Justice Resolution Agreement

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On May 4, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a first-of-its-kind Title VI environmental justice interim resolution agreement with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH). The resolution follows an...more

Hanzo

The Downside of ESG: The Dangers of Greenwashing

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In recent years, there has been an increasing trend for companies to claim environmental sustainability, making public commitments to lower carbon emissions and other eco-friendly measures. However, this rise in environmental...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

New ASTM Standard Recognized by U.S. EPA for Phase I Reports

For transactions in 2023 and going forward, parties who purchase property will want to be aware of an update applicable to Phase I reports. By final rule issued on December 15, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities

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With the new administration poised to take office, public and private companies will need to consider how President Biden’s regulatory, enforcement, and legislative priorities will affect their businesses. During this...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Volatile Times in Vapor Intrusion Regulation: A Legal and Technical Update

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Technical consultants Elie Haddad and Jennifer Boyer (Haley & Aldrich, Inc. - San Jose, CA) team up with environmental attorneys Brian Moskal and Sherry Jackman (Greenberg Glusker LLP - Los Angeles, CA) to discuss and explore...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

[Webinar] Volatile Times in Vapor Intrusion Regulation: A Legal and Technical Update - July 9th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

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Technical consultants Elie Haddad and Jennifer Boyer (Haley & Aldrich, Inc. - San Jose, CA) team up with environmental attorneys Brian Moskal and Sherry Jackman (Greenberg Glusker LLP - Los Angeles, CA) to discuss and explore...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

California Vapor Intrusion Guidance Promises More Consistency

In February, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, or DTSC, the State Water Resources Control Board, or SWRCB, and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board released a much-anticipated draft...more

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems/Drones: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Notes Use in Environmental Protection Mission

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) recently noted the addition of unmanned aircraft systems (also known as “drones”) as a tool in the agency’s environmental protection mission. See LDEQ Newsletter –...more

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PFAS and Harmful Algal Blooms: Environmental Council of the States Case Studies on State-Level Risk Communication

The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) has made available a number of state case studies addressing what it describes as two priority contaminants for which the states struggle to communicate the risks. The two...more

Burr & Forman

EPA Further Delays Hydraulic Fracturing Study as Controversy Builds

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EPA’s current estimate of the completion time for a draft of its study of the risks posed by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to drinking water is now projected by the agency to be developed in early 2015. This is based on...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New Law Grants Two-Year Extension to Remedial Investigation Deadline for Qualifying Parties

This is an important legal development for any company that is cleaning up an old contaminated site in New Jersey and requires more time to complete the remedial investigation. ...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Environmental Challenges to Exporting Coal from the United States

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Chesapeake Climate Action Network v. Export-Import Bank of the United States highlights how failure to follow the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 can result in delays to coal export endeavors. As recent news...more

Cole Schotz

May 2014 is not that far away – New Jersey’s Mandatory Deadline for Remedial Investigations

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The Site Remediation Reform Act (“SRRA”) established a May 7, 2014 deadline for completing the remedial investigation for all sites that triggered remediation requirements prior to May 7, 1999. If a responsible party fails...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Litigating Against Government Agencies: Case Studies in Challenges to Agency Decisions Under Federal Environmental Statutes

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Record review challenges to federal agency decisions in the environmental context are, arguably, among the most frequently litigated and, yet, the least frequently won or favorably settled federal cases. Several case studies...more

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