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Beginning in March 2020, many state environmental regulators, including those in South Carolina, announced temporary policies or compliance assistance efforts intended to assist regulated businesses that might experience...more
Last March, EPA issued a memorandum entitled COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program. The memorandum announced a temporary policy regarding EPA’s enforcement of environmental obligations...more
Three months after issuing its COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program temporary policy memorandum suspending enforcement of certain environmental requirements, the U.S. Environmental...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the scheduled termination of its controversial Enforcement Discretion Policy (Policy). In a memorandum dated June 29, 2020 (Memorandum), Susan Bodine, the Assistant...more
On March 23, 2020, on behalf of its members and U.S. industry, the American Petroleum Institute (“API”) sent a letter to the EPA requesting a temporary waiver of non-essential compliance obligations, including recordkeeping,...more
A recent judgment of the English High Court provides helpful guidance on the courts' approach to managing cases in response to the practical difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (Muncipio de Mariana and others v BHP...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced interim guidance for the Agency’s regional offices to “ensure that decisions about new or ongoing cleanup...more
Companies should be aware that Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)—voluntary environmental or public health benefit projects in lieu of payment of civil penalties for violation of federal environmental laws—will no...more
U.S. EPA directive instructs regions to evaluate impact of COVID-19 on site clean-ups on a case-by-case basis - EPA – April 10 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued guidance to its eleven...more
Somewhat lost amidst all the (well deserved) COVID-19 pandemic news that comes out daily, is a decision by the Justice Department regarding the settlement of environmental enforcement cases that will likely have profound...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) issued a policy relaxing enforcement of some regulatory requirements in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy applies retroactively to March 13,...more
On March 26, 2020, EPA provided written guidance regarding enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Please note the following highlights...more
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused many regulated entities to adjust their operations and left some wondering how they will comply with regulatory obligations when employees are working remotely, contractors may...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential for impacting prospective purchasers of real estate from performing due diligence. The Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser (BFPP), the Innocent Landowner (ILO), and the Contiguous Property...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it may ease enforcement of environmental legal obligations during the COVID-19 national emergency. Though some incorrectly interpreted this...more
On March 26, 2020 EPA issued a temporary policy for enforcement of environmental legal obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy provides the framework for the agency's use of its enforcement discretion where...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) have announced measures to allow regulated parties some relief from enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S....more
In response to requests for leniency as companies grapple with reduced workforces during the COVID-19 crisis, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a temporary policy announcing that it will exercise...more
Last week, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (“ADEC”) issued two No Action Assurance Memorandums, one from the Division of Water (“Water Memo”) and one from the Division of Air Quality (“Air Memo”), to...more
We posted an article regarding the issuance of temporary environmental enforcement policies by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and some states. In that article, we discussed the Virginia Department of Environmental...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a memorandum describing how and when the Agency will implement temporary enforcement discretion for certain federal environmental noncompliance during the COVID-19...more
The myriad of national and local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic—including, inter alia, forced business closings, stay-in-shelter orders, social distancing directives, and the like—present new challenges to entities with...more
On Thursday, March 26, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced and issued a Memo establishing an agency-wide temporary enforcement policy suspending or staying a broad array of enforcement efforts...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “Agency”) sent a Memorandum to all governmental and private sector partners titled “COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance...more
EPA announced on March 26, 2020 a temporary enforcement policy regarding EPA enforcement of environmental legal obligations. In general, EPA does not expect to seek penalties for violations of routine compliance monitoring,...more