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10 Tips for Handling an EPA Environmental Audit

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expects companies to self-police their environmental compliance efforts. While the EPA regularly conducts inspections focused on assessing environmental compliance, it also...more

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Agency Watchdog: USEPA Should Focus More Attention on Voluntary Disclosures

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General (OIG) determined that USEPA has not been giving proper attention to voluntary disclosures, and recommended that the Agency update the way...more

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Federally Permitted Releases/CERCLA: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether a Clean Air Act Permit Notification Qualifies

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) in a June 21st Opinion interpreted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) or (“Superfund”) phrase...more

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Regulatory Overview on PFAS in the United States

PFAS continues to be an area of focus for EPA and state agencies, as well as an ever-increasing litigation risk for companies that have manufactured, imported, processed, or otherwise used products including chemicals...more

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EPA Raises Maximum Civil Penalties Under Every Major Environmental Statute

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On December 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated a Final Rule increasing the maximum statutory civil penalties for violations of major environmental statutes, including the Federal Insecticide,...more

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The Environmental Black Swan: What Manufacturers Don’t Know They Don’t Know

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Regardless of what side of the political fence you reside on and regardless of whether under this current administration you believe environmental enforcement has taken a holiday, the fact remains that most manufacturers...more

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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Tampa, Florida...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Tampa Steel Erecting Company (“Tampa Steel”) entered into an October 16th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) to address alleged violations of the Emergency...more

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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Firearms Manufacturer...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Smith & Wesson Corp. (“Smith & Wesson”) entered into an April 27th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of: . . . Section...more

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EPA Launches Modernized eDisclosure Portal for Self-Disclosed Civil Violations

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On December 9, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Federal Register Notice announcing the launch of the eDisclosure portal, a centralized web-based system for receiving and automatically...more

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EPA Modernizes the Audit Policy

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is modernizing its self-disclosure policy, commonly known as the Audit Policy, through a centralized “eDisclosure Portal” to receive and automatically process self-disclosed civil...more

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Update: eDisclosure is Open for Business, December 2015

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EPA just announced that its eDisclosure system for reporting environmental audit disclosures and corrections is open for business as of December 9, 2015. Entities who register to file with EPA’s Central Data Exchange will now...more

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EPA Rolls Out New eDisclosure System

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On June 10 and 15, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out a new system for e-reporting violations being disclosed pursuant to EPA’s audit policy, eDisclosure, which is expected to go on-line as soon...more

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EPA Updates Its Audit Policy with "eDisclosure"

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On June 10, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hosted a webinar describing a plan to modernize the implementation of its April 11, 2000 Audit Policy. The plan – called eDisclosure – attempts to provide a...more

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