Environmental Site Assessment

Changes in TPDES General Construction Permit Require Endangered Species Act Consideration

by Alan Glen, Brooke Wahlberg | Sedgwick LLP on 4/9/2013

On February 19, 2013, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued a revised Texas Pollution Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Construction General Permit TXR150000 (Permit). This new Permit, effective...more

Law Suit Against U.P. Cellulosic Bio Refinery Dismissed

by Bruce Goodman | Varnum LLP on 2/6/2013

In December 2011 a local Michigan resident and the Sierra Club filed a court action against the Mascoma cellulosic ethanol plant (Frontier Renewable Resources) planned for Kinross Charter Township in Chippewa County. The...more

Should Tenants Worry About Environmental Liabilities For Their Leased Property?

by Mark E. Beliveau, Kenneth Gray | Pierce Atwood LLP on 1/23/2013

By 2013, most property owners have heard of the advantages of performing environmental due diligence and conducting “All Appropriate Inquiry” by obtaining an Environmental Site Assessment before purchase. Doing so is key to...more

ADEM Backtracks On Its Effort To Require Remediation Agreements

by Ronald Farley | Burr & Forman on 1/7/2013

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) has apparently ended its effort to require payment of fees to review groundwater assessments and remediation plans, at least for the time being. Approximately one...more

The ASTM Standard Practice for Phase II Environmental Site Assessments

by Christopher P. McCormack | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 12/24/2012

Originally published in the Environment Reporter, 43 ER 3080, 11/30/2012. Phase II Site Assessments - This article reviews the background of the revised Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Standard issued in...more

Site Remediation Reform Act Evolution

by Jeffrey Cappola | Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. on 11/26/2012

Although SRRA seems to be thorough and well written, there will be amendments to laws that were not anticipated or addressed in the legislative process that could be problematic for persons remediating property....more

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