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Treasury and IRS Release Updated Guidance on Energy Communities

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On June 7, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-48. This notice includes lists of information that taxpayers may use to determine whether they meet certain requirements...more

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NSIP Reforms: New Pre-application Procedure and Document Requirements

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As part of the ongoing Government reforms to the consenting process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (“NSIPs”), PINS has launched its 2024 Pre-Application Prospectus. The Prospectus sits alongside a suite of...more

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Operational NSIP Reforms Take Effect

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Details of how the recently confirmed operational reforms to improve the NSIP planning process will work in practice are beginning to emerge. We have previously reported on which of the proposed operational reforms are...more

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Highlights from OIG’s New Compliance Program Guidance

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) released an important new compliance resource in November 2023. The HHS OIG’s new General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) is intended...more

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DOJ, FBI Issue Guidance for Public Companies Seeking to Delay Disclosure of Material Cybersecurity Incidents

As we discussed in our prior blog post, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized its Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rule for public companies (the "Rule")....more

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Environmental Justice Update: New Jersey Issues Guidance Promoting Use of Green and Sustainable Technologies in Remediation

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Costs to clean up environmentally impacted real estate have continued to increase. A variety of factors have caused this trend including: listing of new contaminants, enhanced focus on contamination pathways like vapor...more

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[Webinar] 2023 Federal Infrastructure Series - The Latest on “Build America, Buy America” and Other Domestic Preference...

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Please join us for the latest installment in Wiley’s Federal Infrastructure Webinar Series, a series of webinars that brings together attorneys from across the firm to discuss current developments relating to the federal...more

King & Spalding

OMB Finalizes Regulatory Guidance On “Buy America Preferences For Infrastructure Projects”

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Revised guidance takes effect on October 22, 2023 and will be supplemented by forthcoming memorandum - On August 23, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) published final Guidance for Grants and Agreements to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OMB Issues Final Buy America Rule and Guidance for Infrastructure Projects

On August 14, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a pre-publication version of final guidance implementing the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA).The guidance adds a new Part 184 in 2 C.F.R. and...more

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IRS Issues Guidance on Clean Energy Tax Credits

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Summary - The IRS recently released guidance with respect to the new tax credit direct payment and transferability rules created under the Inflation Reduction Act enacted last August. The guidance explains how to register...more

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China Amends the Counter-Espionage Law

With the amended Counter-Espionage Law, China has broadened its definition of “espionage” to give information related to “national security and interests” the same protections already given to state secrets. The amended...more

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House Releases FY 2024 Community Project Funding Guidance

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House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) on Feb. 28, 2023, released the fiscal year (FY) 2024 guidance for Community Project Funding (CPF), also known as earmarks. Community project funding allows House...more

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Technical Assistance Resources to Support the Reuse of Brownfield Sites: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste...

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a December 2022 guidance document titled: Technical Assistance Resources to Support the Reuse of Brownfield Sites (“Guidance”)...more

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White House Announces New Guidance on Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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On January 6, 2023, the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced new interim guidance for evaluating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change under the National Environmental Policy Act...more

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CEQ Issues Guidance on Evaluating Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change Effects Under NEPA

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The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published guidance on January 9, 2023, regarding how to evaluate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which requires...more

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IRS Provides Highly Anticipated Wage and Apprentice Guidance for Applicable Tax Credits under the Inflation Reduction Act

Publication of Notice 2022-61 starts the 60-day clock until projects that initially commence construction must comply with the new requirements. On November 30, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Notice...more

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IRS Issues Critical Wage and Apprenticeship Guidance under Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

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The US Department of the Treasury just released its guidance on the labor requirements that must be fulfilled in order to maintain the credit for the full amount for clean energy and infrastructure projects under the...more

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White House Releases Fact Sheet on Digital Asset Development

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The White House released a fact sheet on September 16, 2022, issuing the “First-Ever Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets” (Fact Sheet), which provides insight into the federal government’s...more

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FDA’s Draft Computer Software Assurance Guidance Changes the Game for Quality System and Production Software Validation

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On September 13, 2022 the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) jointly released a new draft guidance document titled “Computer Software Assurance for...more

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Everything You Need To Know About India’s New Guidelines Related to Cyber Incident Reporting by CERT-In

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On April 28, 2022, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a functional organization under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India issued directions under sub-section...more

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Bureau of Land Management Issues Guidance on Authorizing Carbon Sequestration on Public Land

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The guidance sends a signal that carbon capture and sequestration remains a focus of the current administration’s decarbonization efforts. On June 8, 2022, the US Department of the Interior’s (Interior) Bureau of Land...more

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EPA Sets Health Advisories for Drinking Water

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken another step impacting the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. PFAS are a family of man-made, environmentally-persistent chemicals...more

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Gulf Hypoxia Program: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Guidance for State Cooperative Agreements

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 9th memorandum titled: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Gulf Hypoxia Program FY 22 Guidance for State Cooperative Agreements (“Guidance”) ...more

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EPA Issues New Guidance on Limiting Exposure to PFAS in Drinking Water

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new interim lifetime drinking water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), as well as final health advisories for...more

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Navigating the Made in America Landscape: Ensuring Compliance on Infrastructure Projects

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Passing the historic $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in November 2021, which allocates more than $550 billion in new infrastructure spending, was an early priority of the Biden administration. The...more

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