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Groundwater Under Your Project: What Lies Beneath May Come Back to Haunt You

Colorado Issues New Draft Dewatering and Remediation Permits - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has issued draft general permits addressing groundwater discharges for new and existing...more

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Rider/Real Property Contract: New Jersey Appellate Court Addresses Whether Seller Must Undertake Groundwater Remediation

The Superior Court of New Jersey – Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a June 10th opinion whether a rider to a real estate contract requiring the Seller to undertake certain environmental remediation was...more

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CERCLA/Superfund Action: Federal Court Addresses Owner/Operator Issue

A United States District Court (Eastern District of California) addressed in a June 27th decision an issue involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) terms “Owner” and...more

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Vapor Intrusion: Why Property Owners and Purchasers really need to pay attention

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An increasing degree of attention is being paid to instances of vapor intrusion, the process by which volatile chemicals migrate, in vapor form, from soil or groundwater into indoor air spaces of buildings. Even in the era of...more

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Final D.C. Groundwater Well Requirements Will Impact Many Property Owners

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The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) on Oct. 28, 2016, published final rules governing the construction, maintenance and abandonment of wells. The new regulations became effective immediately...more

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Environmental Notes - March 2016

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Jurisdictional Determinations May be Appealed - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers determines the presence or absence of wetlands and other “waters of the United States” on a...more

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EPA Seeks to Add Subsurface Intrusion to CERCLA Hazard Ranking System

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The National Priorities List (“NPL”) is EPA’s list of the most contaminated sites in the country that warrant cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, (“CERCLA” a/k/a...more

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Water Rights Adjudication Process Serving Streamlined

AB 1390 expedites comprehensive groundwater adjudications to determine rights to extract groundwater in a basin. While AB 1390, a companion bill to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014, streamlines several...more

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2015 Summary of Key Maine Environmental Legislation

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The Pierce Atwood Environmental and Land Use Practice Group is pleased to provide the 2015 Summary of Key Maine Environmental Legislation enacted or carried over in the First Regular Session of Maine's 127th Legislature...more

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Two California Appellate Court Rulings Demonstrate that Groundwater Pumping Fees are in the Eye of the Beholder

One Holds that the Fee is Subject to Prop. 26 and Another that it is a Property-Related Fee Subject to Prop. 218 - Two California Appellate Court decisions handed down this month address whether or not a local water...more

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Court Holds Groundwater Augmentation Charge is Not Subject to Voter Approval Requirements of Proposition 218

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Notice of a Public Hearing for a Property-related Fee or Charge Must Only be Mailed to the Record Owners of Each Affected Parcel - A California court of appeal recently held that a groundwater management agency’s...more

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