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On May 15, EPA announced it was going to update to its EJScreen tool in June. According to EPA’s website, “EJScreen is EPA's environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides EPA with a nationally consistent...more
Fine particle pollution – also known as soot – is a cause of respiratory disease, increased asthma symptoms, cancer, and cardiovascular dysfunction. Incomplete combustion of organic materials such as wood, fuel oil, plastics,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule in the July 21st Federal Register that removes the emergency affirmative defense provisions found in the regulations for state and federal Title V...more
The United States District Court of Massachusetts (“Court”) addressed in a February 17th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See Conservation Law Foundation,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) announced in separate documents that there has been a major improvement in compliance with Clean Water Act...more
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) - Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more
It is worthwhile for plant managers and environmental managers to pay attention to the types of cases involving environmental violations which are selected by regulators and prosecutors for criminal enforcement. That is...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a September 2020 Compliance Advisory titled: National Compliance Initiative: Reducing Significant Non-Compliance with National Pollutant Discharge...more
The TSCA Chemical Data Reporting requirement is an important mechanism that helps EPA establish regulatory restrictions and enforcement initiatives. The next filing deadline is November 30, 2020 and requires the submission...more
On July 14, 2020, the D.C.. Circuit Court of Appeals granted New York’s petition appealing EPA’s rejection of New York’s request under Section 126 of the Clean Air Act to require emissions reductions from upwind states...more
Susan Bodine, the assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), issued a memorandum on March 26 setting forth a temporary policy regarding EPA...more
California' Policy Is Less Specific and Stricter than the EPA Policy - California has issued a new policy providing limited relief for regulated parties from their environmental compliance and reporting obligations...more
This client alert focuses on the circumstances that could lead to criminal investigation or enforcement for environmental noncompliance during COVID-19, and provides four practical pointers on how to avoid those pitfalls. On...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
Companies should stay abreast of fast-moving changes to federal, state, and local regulatory stay-at-home orders and compliance guidance. While the most important consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are undoubtedly the...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
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a number of rapid-fire legislative, executive, and regulatory responses in the U.S. States, counties, and cities have issued shelter-in-place and other emergency orders, causing certain...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a temporary policy in response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. This temporary policy describes how EPA intends to use enforcement discretion...more
The Environmental Protection Agency is implementing a temporary policy to forgo assessing penalties for noncompliance with routine monitoring and reporting obligations, provided that noncompliance is the result of the...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in a memo released on Thursday, March 26, 2020 that it will relax its enforcement of environmental legal obligations under certain circumstances 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
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced its temporary policy regarding environmental enforcement activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy is retroactive to March 13, 2020, and will apply for the...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
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