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The Climate Report: Fourth Quarter 2023

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REGULATORY ISSUES & UPDATES - Mandatory Climate Change Reporting Requirements Under the New European ESRS E1 - The implementation of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards poses risks for reporting companies,...more

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Environmental Justice is a Top Priority

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When environmental lobbyists are asked to discuss the topics to watch for 2021-2022, the answer almost always includes one broadly encompassing topic: Environmental Justice. While the term “Environmental Justice” or “EJ” is...more

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Maine PFAS Task Force Issues Report and Maine Legislature Considers Amending State's Superfund Law

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Maine is taking several major steps in addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The Maine PFAS Task Force just issued its final report, which included a significant number of recommendations that are likely to...more

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Superfund Task Force Final Report: A Superset of Recommendations

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On September 9, EPA’s Superfund Task Force released its final report on recommendations to improve the Superfund program. This eighty-page document is the culmination of EPA’s efforts that began with the initiation of the...more

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Superfund/CERCLA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Task Force Final Report

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) issued a “Final Report” from its Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act/Superfund Task Force (“Task Force”). EPA had commissioned a...more

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Superfund/CERCLA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces One-Year Anniversary Task Force Accomplishments

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a July 24th news release describing what it characterized as the “One-Year Anniversary Accomplishments.” The news release also reviews the federal agency’s...more

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EPA’s Task Force Recommendations to Revamp and Expedite Superfund Cleanups and Process – A Welcome Change

While the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Superfund program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Liability Act or “CERCLA” has often been dubbed the “Comprehensive Employment and Retirement Lawyers...more

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CERCLA Task Force Issues Recommendations

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced a set of Task Force recommendations that are aimed at improving the Superfund program. The Agency’s adoption of these recommendations is another indication that demonstrable...more

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EPA Call for Comment on Regulations to be Repealed, Replaced, or Modified

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Shortly after taking office, on February 24, 2017, President Trump, with the stated aim of "lower[ing] regulatory burdens…by implementing and enforcing regulatory reform," issued Executive Order 13777 on Enforcing the...more

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EPA Requests Public Comments Recommending Regulations To Repeal, Replace, Or Modify By May 15, 2017

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On February 24, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13777, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,” as part of the White House’s efforts to reduce federal regulatory burdens on business. Among other things, the...more

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EPA Requests Comments on Regulatory Rollbacks

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Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a request for comment asking for “input on regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification.” EPA’s request is part of a federal...more

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Reauthorized

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The newly enacted legislation further bolsters PHMSA’s growing oversight of storage and pipeline transport facilities. On June 22, US President Barack Obama signed the Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and...more

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