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Earlier this week, EPA issued another “stop sale” order to Amazon directing the company to take steps to prevent the continued sale “of potentially dangerous or ineffective unregistered pesticides and pesticide devices making...more
One of the few areas of EPA policy continuity between the Biden and Trump eras is the aggressive enforcement attention being paid to products that claim to fight the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus....more
The Biden administration has hit the ground running with executive orders, regulatory and legislative priorities, and cabinet-level and other top posts being announced on a daily basis. Our public policy colleagues have been...more
On March 26, 2020, as government officials issued a slew of stay-at-home orders, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an emergency policy memorandum describing how the agency would exercise its enforcement...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
In prior blogs (available here and here), we’ve reported on changes to certain federal and state environmental enforcement policies related to COVID-19. In a nutshell, these policies essentially clarified the enforcement...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
President Trump issued an Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery on May 19. Generally, the Order directs federal agencies to respond to the COVID-19 crisis by “rescinding, modifying, waiving, or...more
A number of environmental organizations filed an April 16th lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Temporary...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is quietly taking steps to provide financial relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an April 14 model letter, DOJ offered to temporarily suspend its collection of stipulated penalty...more
This newsletter was updated April 17, 2020 to include recent guidance from California concerning regulatory compliance requirements. In the original newsletter below, we discussed two tools that may help Environmental,...more
On April 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its latest coronavirus COVID-19 Guidance addressing cleanups and emergency response actions that are being conducted under various environmental laws,...more
Below is a link to the temporary policy issued March 26, 2020 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which explicitly provides a vehicle for companies and facilities to avoid penalties for non-compliance...more
On March 31, 2020, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) issued a Memorandum of Compliance and Enforcement Implementation During COVID-19. This memo of compliance is consistent with the March 26, 2020 United...more
This newsletter was updated April 13. In the original newsletter below, we discussed two tools that may help Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management respond to non-compliance arising from COVID-19: Agency...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
EPA issues enforcement discretion policy during COVID-19 crisis - On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued guidance on how it will exercise its enforcement discretion in light of the COVID-19...more
On Thursday, March 26, 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) announced an Enforcement Discretion Policy for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Being mindful of the health and safety of the public, as well as...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
Last week, Susan Bodine, EPA Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, issued a memorandum stating that EPA would exercise its enforcement discretion and not take enforcement action against entities...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
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