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
Welcome to the July edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law. The Supreme Court has been busy lately, issuing several opinions that will impact...more
7/3/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Air Quality Standards ,
Chevron Deference ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Jury Trial ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Ozone ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Statute of Limitations
Welcome to June’s Environment & Energy Insights Newsletter. This month we are covering:
- Legal challenges to natural gas infrastructure bans, including a possible suit in Massachusetts
- Possible climate/energy bill...more
6/13/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Cybersecurity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Infrastructure ,
Natural Gas ,
NPDES ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
SCOTUS ,
Water
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a final rule revising the meaning of “waters of the United States” under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). The revised...more
9/1/2023
/ Clean Water Act ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Inland Waterways ,
Navigable Waters ,
Sackett ,
Sackett v EPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Significant Nexus Test ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
The Supreme Court, on May 25, 2023, addressed the longstanding issue of how to determine when a wetland is subject to jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”). In Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, a 5-4...more
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
Last week, the Supreme Court addressed a longstanding issue about whether pollutants discharged to groundwater but that eventually reach a navigable water of the United States are subject to federal regulation under the Clean...more
4/29/2020
/ Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Direct Discharge ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
Functional Equivalent ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Waters of the United States