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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Vibracoustic USA, Inc. (“VUI”) entered into an April 21st Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gold Medal Service (“GMS”) entered into an April 7th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Air Act regulations 40...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an April 23rd news release stating that a federal judge in Oregon sentenced two companies responsible for the operation of the J.H. Baxter wood treatment facility in...more
Insights from decades of intense scrutiny of dioxins and PCBs in the environment, beginning in the 1960s, remain pertinent to our current challenges with PFAS. The lessons learned regarding detection and measurement,...more
In Washington, sellers of commercial property are required to complete and timely provide a buyer with a seller disclosure statement (commonly known as the Form 17 Comm) containing specific information about the property...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has filed on December 18, 2024, an Administrative Complaint against Jackson & Son Distributors, Inc. dba Jackson and Son Oil (“JS”) alleging a violation of the Clean...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 17th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Klinger Paint Company, Inc. (“Klinger”) entered into a January 7th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource...more
Maryland AG Anthony Brown has filed a lawsuit against W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) alleging violations of state and federal consumer and environmental protection laws stemming from contamination caused by per- and...more
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a news release announcing the arrest and arraignment of Rajinder Singh Minhas alleging: …multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly mismanaging and neglecting...more
For many consumers, comprehending Shakespeare is easier than discerning which products are recyclable and which are not. California’s “Truth in Labeling” law (SB 343), which provides stricter regulations for what products or...more
On November 29, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost and Governor Mark DeWine announced a proposed $110 million settlement with Du Pont De Nemours and Co. and The Chemours Company over alleged chemical contamination from...more
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of its Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Environmental Crimes Task Force. This new task force will focus specifically on combating...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and JACAM Catalyst, LLC (“JACAM”) entered into a January 3rd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more
Iowa AG Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against C6-Zero LLC and a related individual and entity (collectively, “C6-Zero”) seeking compliance with a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) order and state environmental laws...more
California becomes first state to test drinking water for microplastics - San Francisco Chronicle – September 7 - On Wednesday, California became the first state to begin requiring water agencies to test for microplastics,...more
Recent legislation in California may increase legal costs, make settlements more difficult, and risk confidential business information being released to the public. The Public Right to Know Act of 2022 seeks to prohibit...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an Environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Matt Brewing, Co., Inc. (“MBCI”) entered into a September 21st Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations...more
The latest season of Clean Water Act (CWA) changes are now streaming from the courts and federal agencies. The Biden administration and lower courts have picked up where prior administrations and the U.S. Supreme Court left...more
PFAS continues to be an area of focus for EPA and state agencies, as well as an ever-increasing litigation risk for companies that have manufactured, imported, processed, or otherwise used products including chemicals...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 21 (October 29, 2020) - The European Union has some of the world’s most robust environmental, health and safety standards for products sold and imported into the market. Despite...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Welspun Tubular, LLC, (“Welspun”) entered into an August 25th Consent Administrator Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Ninth Circuit held that the EPA violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIRFA) by failing to assess adverse effects of a pesticide — Enlist Duo —on monarch butterfly habitat. National Family Farm...more
The United States Supreme Court (“SCourt”) issued an April 23rd decision in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. See No. 18-260. The case involves whether, and to what extent, a discharge of pollutants...more