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Impact of the Clean Energy Transition on Asset Retirement Obligations and Environmental Cleanup Costs

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Introduction: Hidden Challenges of Energy Transition - The evolution of energy transition in the United States has been driven, historically, by advances in new technology, fuel availability, fuel pricing, and, probably...more

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Battle Over PFAS: Michigan Supreme Court Takes on Regulatory Challenge

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On Friday, April 26, 2024, Michigan Supreme Court Justices accepted a briefing from the Homebuilders Association of Michigan in support of a manufacturer’s challenge to the State’s maximum containment levels for certain per-...more

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New PFAS Listing Under Superfund Will Lead to Major Expansion of Liability

On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under Section 102(a) of...more

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U.S. EPA Finalizes Designation of Two PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA

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On April 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural isomers,...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

[Hybrid Event] PFAS Update Seminar - Sweeping PFAS Cleanup Liability on the Horizon - May 7th, Washington, DC

Join Kelley Drye for a seminar on the latest regulatory developments that are likely to usher in expansive new liability for the release and remediation of some of the most widely utilized per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

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FY 2023 Federal Environmental Enforcement/Compliance: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Summary Report

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on December 18th a report titled: Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2023 (“Enforcement Report”)...more

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North Carolina Attempts to Crack Down on PFAS Contamination

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As EPA continues to review potential regulations for PFAS contamination in drinking water, some state regulatory bodies have decided not to wait for the federal government to act. North Carolina is the latest state to...more

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EPA Proposes to Designate Two PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA: Quick Answers to Top Questions

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The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a long-anticipated proposal to designate two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law known as the Comprehensive...more

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EPA Announces Increased Efforts to Require Cleanup of Coal Ash – Insurance Should Be a Component of Companies’ Response

Early in 2021, we wrote about potential insurance implications that could arise from the then-new Biden Administration’s expected regulatory priorities. Among other things, we noted that heightened scrutiny on coal ash was...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 29, July 2020

ExxonMobil, Partners Discover Carbon Capture Technology for Industrial Sources - "A possible breakthrough in technology that could capture more than 90% of carbon dioxide emitted from industrial sources has been announced...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - May 2020 #5

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States sue over rollback of fuel efficiency standards - Bullet The San Diego Union-Tribune – May 27 - California, joined by nearly two dozen other states, the District of Columbia and the City of Los Angeles, on...more

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USEPA Announces Major Actions to Address PFAS; California Water Utility Files Landmark PFAS Lawsuit in Federal District Court

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recently announced two major developments regarding the agency’s efforts to address and regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). As part of USEPA’s PFAS...more

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PFAS: Still Only an Emerging Contaminant? In New Jersey, It’s Here

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In the final week of March 2019, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) took two unusually broad actions regarding contamination caused by poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). On March 25, 2019,...more

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Disposing of Coal Combustion Residuals Just Got Much More Expensive — At Least in North Carolina!

On Monday, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued determinations with respect to six Duke Energy coal plants, requiring that Duke close coal combustion residual surface impoundments at the plants by...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - February 2019 #4

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Focus - Supreme Court takes case that could limit scope of Clean Water Act - Reuters - February 19 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal that could resolve the question of whether the Clean...more

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