On January 11, 2023, EPA’s Office of the General Counsel released a Cumulative Impacts Addendum (“Addendum”) to its May 2022 publication Legal Tools To Advance Environmental Justice, continuing to signal its focus on...more
The EPA’s External Rights Compliance Office recently released Interim Environmental Justice and Civil Rights in Permitting Frequently Asked Questions (“the FAQ”). Stressing “that it is time to use the full extent of its...more
9/21/2022
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Review ,
NEPA ,
New Guidance ,
NGOs ,
Permits ,
Pollution Control ,
Title VI
On May 26, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of the General Counsel released EPA Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice (“EJ Legal Tools”). The document builds on and updates EPA’s 2011 Plan EJ 2014:...more
6/7/2022
/ Air Quality Standards ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
FOIA ,
Insecticide ,
NEPA ,
New Guidance ,
Pesticides ,
Solid Waste ,
Superfund ,
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act