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Rewriting the Rules: The Supreme Court's Landmark Decision on Clean Water Act Permits
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PFAS: Increasing Regulations and Managing Legal Liability
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The Current and Future Landscapes of EPA Criminal and Civil Enforcement
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One-on-One with David Fotouhi, Acting General Counsel at the EPA
Volatile Times in Vapor Intrusion Regulation: A Legal and Technical Update
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[WEBINAR] Update on the California Environmental Quality Act: What’s New for 2018
In a partially published opinion filed June 5, 2026, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 1) affirmed a judgment entered after Defendant and Respondent Bay Area Toll Authority’s (BATA) demurrer brought on statute of...more
A coalition of nine renewable energy trade associations, including the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, recently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon over recent federal government actions...more
The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc. (“CRI”) filed a May 22nd Complaint and Petition for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) pursuant to the Clean Water Act citizen suit provisions against Aspire at Old Guard, LLC (“Aspire”) and...more
In WMH Farms v. Apache Corporation the Third Circuit Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment in favor of plaintiff/landowner WMH against lessee JP Oil and dismissed JP’s third-party demand against Walter Oil and Gas....more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the United States of America and the State of Georgia entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) with Gold Creek Foods, LLC (“Gold Creek”) addressing the recovery of...more
A legal battle is brewing in Southampton, New York, pitting age-old colonial-era patents, acts of the State Legislature, and caselaw concerning riparian rights against local environmental regulation, and more specifically,...more
On May 6, 2026, the Department of the Interior announced it had conveyed approximately 1.4 million acres of land along the Dalton Utility Corridor to the State of Alaska. Secretary Doug Burgum stated the transfer advances the...more
One year ago, on May 29, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, which established a “course correction” to bring agency compliance and judicial...more
The United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) addressed in a May 21 Opinion an issue arising out of the operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway (“Spillway”). See Robert L. Campo, et al v. United...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced sweeping deregulation with a "compliance first" approach. Though this may appear to be a reprieve, the retreat of federal enforcement...more
On June 1, 2026, U.S. EPA issued a direct final rule rescinding a 2023 rule that eliminated the Affirmative Defense provisions from state and federal Title V operating permit programs (the “Direct Final Rule”)....more
In a published opinion filed May 29, 2026, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 3) affirmed a judgment denying a petition for a writ of ordinary mandamus to compel public agency respondents, including the City and County...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has vacated the district court order that required the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the “unreasonable risk” the court found to be posed by the...more
The American Cement Association and a number of other industrial organizations (collectively “ACA”) filed on April 17th, a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, proceeding styled...more
Prezados e prezadas, O “Brasília em Pauta” é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de...more
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last week released its final environmental report on a controversial oil and gas leasing proposal that could open approximately 850,000 acres of public lands and federal mineral estate...more
A municipal stormwater charge is an unenforceable local tax against Commonwealth instrumentalities and other tax-exempt entities when the enabling ordinance bases the charge on governmental regulatory duties and public health...more
As reported in our February 13, 2025, blog item, on January 17, 2025, the Biden U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a notice of appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. District Court...more
A mid-May 2026 wildfire originating at the City of Amarillo’s municipal landfill, dubbed the “Stinky Fire,” has caused widespread property damage in the Texas panhandle. Preliminary information indicates the fire began within...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed major amendments to the 2024 National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the form of two proposed rules...more
7-Eleven, Inc. on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary, Speedway, LLC (“7-Eleven”) filed a May 22 Notice of Appeal (“Appeal”) before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board challenging the Pennsylvania Department of...more
On May 13, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its highly anticipated Proposed Rule, “Begin Actual Construction in the New Source Review (NSR) Preconstruction Permitting Program” (91 Fed Reg 26958),...more
The California Supreme Court unanimously held that the California Coastal Commission lacked appellate jurisdiction over a coastal development permit granted by the County of San Luis Obispo, concluding that the proposed...more
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether federal law, including the Clean Air Act, preempts state-law tort claims brought by local Colorado governments seeking damages from fossil fuel companies for alleged climate...more