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Federal Agency COVID-19 Responses - February 12, 2021

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*Wiley continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 crisis and will update this list as new information is available. This alert was originally published on March 25, 2020, and last updated February 12, 2021. ...more

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Federal Agency COVID-19 Responses - January 20, 2021

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*Wiley continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 crisis and will update this list as new information is available. This alert was originally published on March 25, 2020, and last updated January 20, 2021. ...more

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Federal Agency COVID-19 Responses - January 4, 2021

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*Wiley continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 crisis and will update this list as new information is available. This alert was originally published on March 25, 2020, and last updated January 4, 2021. ...more

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Federal Agency COVID-19 Responses - December 2020 #2

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*Wiley continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 crisis and will update this list as new information is available. This alert was originally published on March 25, 2020, and last updated December 18, 2020. ...more

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Federal Agency COVID-19 Responses - December 4, 2020

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*Wiley continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 crisis and will update this list as new information is available. This alert was originally published on March 25, 2020, and last updated December 4, 2020. ...more

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Federal Agency COVID-19 Responses (Update #2)

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*Wiley continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 crisis and will update this list as new information is available. This alert was originally published on March 25, 2020, and last updated November 13, 2020....more

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Federal Agency COVID-19 Responses

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*Wiley continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 crisis and will update this list as new information is available. This alert was originally published on March 25, 2020, and last updated October 9, 2020. 1. Administration...more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 4, Issue 36

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The Senate is back in session, while the House returns from recess next week. Congress is now working on talks to pass a short-term funding bill to avoid a government...more

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Environmental Notes - July 2020

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Two recent executive orders (“EOs”) issued by President Trump require additional efforts by federal agencies to facilitate regulatory reform and to expedite infrastructure projects, relying greatly on emergency and special...more

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EPA Announces Termination Date for COVID-19 Enforcement Policy

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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

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EPA Ends Enforcement Discretion Policy for COVID-19 Pandemic on August 31

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 29, 2020, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum regarding termination of the COVID-19 temporary enforcement policy. EPA has selected August 31, 2020 as the termination date...more

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COVID-19: EPA Announces Termination of COVID-19 Enforcement Policy

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Businesses and others that suspended environmental monitoring and reporting during the Coronavirus pandemic should plan to resume those activities as of September 1, 2020.   ...more

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EPA Announces Termination of COVID-19 Enforcement Discretion Policy

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 29, 2020, issued a memorandum titled COVID-19 Implications for EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program: Addendum on Termination (Termination Addendum), which...more

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EPA’s Temporary Enforcement Policy Will End August 31

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum on June 29, 2020, announcing an “addendum on termination” to its March 26, 2020, COVID-19 temporary enforcement policy. The memorandum notes that as states...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – June 2020 #9

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In Washington: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the Senate Small Business Committee and said unemployment was too high and that administration officials wanted to work on further economic incentives. ...more

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COVID-19 Washington Update: June 2020 #3

Below, please find a summary of today’s federal government activities in response to COVID-19. Congress - During today’s Senate Small Business Committee hearing on CARES Act small business lending programs, Ranking...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – May 2020 #13

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In Washington: President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to ease up on businesses that make good-faith attempts to follow agency guidance and regulations during the coronavirus pandemic....more

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COVID-19/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Temporary Policy Regarding Enforcement Discretion: Nine State Attorney Generals File...

Nine State Attorney Generals filed a May 13th Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) memorandum...more

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Working with Environmental Agencies When Managing Business Impacts from COVID-19

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state and local agencies have adapted their procedures to both working remotely and allowing certain flexibilities for companies if specific efforts are made. ...more

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Coronavirus Environmental Enforcement & Compliance Update

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US EPA published its temporary policy on enforcement discretion during the coronavirus pandemic on March 26. This update to our previous post on developments related to that policy summarizes additional developments through...more

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DOJ Suspends Payments for Parties Owing Civil Penalties Under Consent Decrees Through May 2020

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In memos dated March 31 and April 13, 2020, Corey Ellis, Acting Director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Executive Office for United States Attorneys, temporarily suspended civil penalty payments, including...more

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DOJ Offers Reprieve from Stipulated Penalty Payments Through at Least May 31 in Response to COVID-19

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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

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EPA Issues Temporary Advisory for NPDES Reporting During COVID-19

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We recently provided a summary of EPA’s guidance entitled COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program. In this initial guidance, EPA reminded the regulated community that, while it was...more

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EHS Compliance and COVID-19: What EHS Executives Can Do Now (and as soon as the Dust Settles) - Updated

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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

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates — April 2020

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With the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic over the past month as a major public health and economic crisis, the primary focus on Capitol Hill has been on passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Stimulus...more

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