Seyfarth Synopsis: A second Trump administration is likely to bring sweeping changes to environmental regulatory and enforcement agendas. During the first Trump term, his administration focused on significant deregulation in...more
12/24/2024
/ Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Clean Water Act ,
Deregulation ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
PFAS ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
Trump Administration
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2024 increases to civil penalties....more
1/11/2024
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
OSHA ,
RCRA ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
USEPA ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2022 increases to civil penalties....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2021 increases to civil penalties....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Rather than providing clarity, the Supreme Court introduced substantial uncertainty into the NPDES permitting process involving situations where a point source discharge first enters groundwater and then...more
4/28/2020
/ Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Direct Discharge ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Functional Equivalent ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Waters of the United States
Seyfarth Synopsis: USEPA published an Interpretive Statement (dated April 12, 2019), that according to the Agency “clarifies” that releases of pollutants to groundwater from a point source are “categorically excluded” from...more
Last week before his departure USEPA Administrator Pruitt notified the regulated community that he had directed the Agency to update regulations governing the Agency’s use of Section 404(c) veto power in permitting discharges...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has just issued a Regulatory Guidance Letter which provides to property owners (including developers) the right of appeal USACE Approved Jurisdictional...more
The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers recently released its Final Clean Water Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States.”
We had previously blogged about the Agency’s draft of the proposed rule that was distributed...more