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When is the Meaning of a Statute Sufficiently Plain? The D.C. Circuit Restores EPA Authority to Withdraw Approval of Section 404...

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 4/24/2013

In a decision on Tuesday that must have sent shivers down the spine of every coal company executive, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals restored EPA’s authority to withdraw the specification of streams for the disposal of...more

EPA Finally Amends Its Boiler MACT Regulations And Further Defines Fuels Versus Wastes

by Dixon P. Pike, Brian M. Rayback | Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/12/2013

Boiler owners beware – EPA has “finalized” its Boiler MACT, GACT, CISWI and NHSM rules and the compliance clocks have begun ticking. EPA expects the rules to affect about 200,000 boilers and that annualized compliance costs...more

EPA Uncertain When Coal Ash Rule Will Be Finalized

by Ronald Farley | Burr & Forman on 2/8/2013

A recent article in Bloomberg BNA reports that the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is currently unable to provide a definitive timeline for promulgating final regulations on the management of coal ash generated by...more

Boiler Or Incinerator And Secondary Materials That Are Solid (Not Hazardous) Wastes

by Ronald Farley | Burr & Forman on 2/1/2013

It’s almost never easy to fathom federal environmental regulations and this held true when a set of regulations was recently issued by the U.S. EPA. On December 20, 2012, the Agency issued a series of rules, primarily under...more

Disposing Of Pharmaceutical Waste: Some Progress

by William J. Walsh | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/22/2013

In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seemed to be on the road to providing some much-needed clarity to hospitals and other medical facilities concerning the disposal of pharmaceuticals by proposing that...more

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When is the Meaning of a Statute Sufficiently Plain? The D.C. Circuit Restores EPA Authority to Withdraw Approval of Section 404...

EPA Finally Amends Its Boiler MACT Regulations And Further Defines Fuels Versus Wastes

EPA Uncertain When Coal Ash Rule Will Be Finalized

Boiler Or Incinerator And Secondary Materials That Are Solid (Not Hazardous) Wastes

Disposing Of Pharmaceutical Waste: Some Progress

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