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EPCRA Clean Water Act Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The (much!) Higher Cost of Non-Compliance: Federal Civil Penalties Increase

EPA has released an interim final rule with penalty adjustments mandated by a new law (“Interim Rule” or “Rule”). Most importantly, the “catch up” adjustments under the Interim Rule carry quite a wallop for those subject to...more

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Maximum Civil Penalties for Violations of Environmental Statutes are now Significantly Higher After Inflation Adjustment

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Seyfarth Synopsis: EPA finalized its new per violation penalty rules that in some cases now increase by substantial amounts. In a federal rulemaking published last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...more

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