Welcome to Alston & Bird’s Environmental & Land Use Briefing, a summary of emerging issues and recent developments in environmental and land use law.

In this issue:

- Supreme Court fails to unearth clear standard for discharges to groundwater

- Federal government steps up action on “forever chemicals”

- The patchwork of COVID-19 waste regulation

- Third Circuit revisits and reinforces Bestfoods’ teachings about operator liability

- Environmental compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic