News & Analysis as of

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Biden Administration RCRA

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Applying Environmental Justice to the Regulated Community: What to Expect and How to Plan Accordingly

Though environmental justice (EJ) has been a cornerstone of the Biden Administration, it lacks federal enforcement laws. Executive orders and responses from federal agencies have shaped U.S. enforcement of EJ issues....more

Williams Mullen

Biden and EPA Continue to Push Environmental Justice Using Cumulative Impacts

Williams Mullen on

President Biden is pushing in 2023 to strengthen Environmental Justice (EJ) initiatives and policies from the top down. This includes ordering more action and results from relevant federal agencies and pushing for the use of...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

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

Williams Mullen

EPA Continues PFAS Regulatory Efforts with RCRA Rulemaking Announcement

Williams Mullen on

Fall 2021 was a busy time for the EPA and its regulatory agenda for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).  PFAS has been a focus of the Biden EPA, with around seven actions or news releases as of September 2021, and...more

BCLP

PFAS Update: A Retrospective on Federal PFAS Regulation in 2021

BCLP on

As anticipated, 2021 was an eventful year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) at the federal level. BCLP has highlighted the key developments in this document, but this is not intended to be a...more

Kilpatrick

Addressing Environmental Justice through EPA’s Enforcement Tools

Kilpatrick on

The Biden Administration has made environmental justice and equity a key pillar of its environmental policy, directing EPA to incorporate this concept at all levels of its decision-making process. EPA’s Administrator Michael...more

The Volkov Law Group

Environmental Crime Enforcement: Button Up for an Increase in Criminal Investigations and Compliance Demands

The Volkov Law Group on

The Biden Administration has a number of enforcement priorities.  While not listed as a primary objective, the Justice Department and the EPA can be expected to increase criminal enforcement of environmental laws....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Biden EPA Makes First Moves to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

We don’t need to wait for the confirmation of Michael Regan as the new Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to get the first look at how the Biden administration intends to regulate certain per- and...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

The PFAS Problem And The Transition To The Biden Administration: Looking Back And Setting The Stage For 2021

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

PFAS regulation is one of the hot environmental topics and a key issue to watch during this next year. In this series of posts, V&E will address the increasing regulatory attention concerning a group of chemicals known as...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A New Agenda: Significant Changes in U.S. Environmental Policy Are Expected in 2021

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration on January 20, 2021 as the forty-sixth President of the United States could usher in a sweeping period of environmental regulatory changes vastly eclipsing those of his immediate predecessor...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide