Welcome to the April edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a periodic update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover: EPA is changing the meaning of “waters of the United States.”...more
4/30/2025
/ Clean Water Act ,
Contamination ,
Deregulation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Guidance Update ,
Hazardous Substances ,
MassDEP ,
PFAS ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sackett v EPA ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
Welcome to the September edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover ...more
Welcome to the August edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law.
This month we cover: EPA’s new Facility Response Plan requirements for potential...more
8/12/2024
/ Clean Water Act ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Jurisdiction ,
Navigable Waters ,
NRDC ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Spills ,
Sackett v EPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Storm Water ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Wetlands
We are pleased to introduce the inaugural issue of the Real Estate Round Up, a monthly update on current trends, with the first month focusing on Environment and Energy insights. This month’s edition features key topics such...more
5/3/2024
/ Batteries ,
CERCLA ,
Drinking Water ,
Energy Storage ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
NPDES ,
Offshore Wind ,
PFAS ,
Renewable Energy ,
Rivers ,
Stormwater Discharge Permits ,
Watershed
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (the “Regulation”) which established legally enforceable levels called Maximum Contaminant Levels...more
4/22/2024
/ Contamination ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
PFAS ,
Public Health ,
Public Utility ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Water
On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it will seek to promulgate new rules for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), also known as “forever chemicals,” in public water...more
3/20/2023
/ Contamination ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
PFAS ,
Public Health ,
Public Safety ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Wastewater
On April 20, 2020, in Atlantic Richfield Company v. Christian (ARCO v. Christian or ARCO), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal Superfund law does not preclude individuals from filing state claims for further cleanup of...more
4/30/2020
/ Atlantic Richfield Co v Christian ,
CERCLA ,
Clean-Up Costs ,
Common Law Claims ,
Conflicts of Laws ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Groundwater ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Land Owners ,
MT Supreme Court ,
Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Site Remediation ,
Soil ,
State Law Claims ,
Superfund