[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Recent Actions on Ag Biotech by EPA’s Emerging Technologies Branch
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has amended the Ground Water Quality Standards (GWQS), effective on February 3, 2025. The rule, as adopted, does not differ substantially from the January 2024...more
The Arkansas of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas Refrigerated Services, Inc. (“ARS”) entered into an October 2nd Elective Site Cleanup Agreement (“ESCA”). See LIS No. 24-146....more
The United States District Court (M.D. Florida) (“Court”) addressed in an August 29th Order an insurance coverage issue involving a petroleum release from an underground storage tank (“UST”). See L. Squared Industries, Inc.,...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a December 2022 guidance document titled: Technical Assistance Resources to Support the Reuse of Brownfield Sites (“Guidance”)...more
The Washington State Department of Ecology (“WSDE”) issued a December 2022 document titled: Draft Guidance for Investigating and Remediating PFAS Contamination in Washington State (“Guidance”)...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) addressed in an October 26th Opinion a company’s Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) policy Total Pollution Exclusion (“TPE”). See Central Crude,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Rapp’s Barren Brewing Company, LLC (“Rapp’s”) entered into a November 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
Court allows Exide to abandon a toxic site in Vernon. Taxpayers will fund the cleanup - Bullet Los Angeles Times – October 16 - Chief Judge Christopher Sontchi of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware ruled...more
The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued its third opinion on August 19 in the decade-long fight between Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) and the US government over who is responsible for the costs...more
On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”). These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2,” will...more
On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”). These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2, ” will...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) issued a November 9th news release indicating that a Brownfield Certificate of Completion will be issued to a City of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Brownfield which is the...more
China enacted its Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Law on August 31, 2018. The law is the first national statute in China specifically addressing soil contamination. It will take effect on January 1, 2019, and is...more
The United States and Missouri executed a Consent Decree (“CD”) with Doe Run Resources Corporation (“DRRC”) requiring the remediation of more than 4,000 lead-contaminated residential properties near the Big River Mine...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Kohler Co. (“Kohler”) entered into an October 23rd Elective Site Clean-Up Agreement (“ESCA”). See LIS 17-096. The ESCA addresses a facility located in Searcy,...more
On 28 May, the State Council, China’s highest administrative body, released the Action Plan on Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution (currently available only in Chinese) to address one of the nation’s most difficult and...more
The Rodale Manufacturing facility in Emmaus, Pennsylvania was added to the National Priorities List in 1991 after more than 50 years of electrical component manufacturing. Operations at the facility included electroplating,...more
The Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress has released the revised Shanghai Environmental Protection Regulations (in Chinese only) for public comment. The revised Regulations, which first came into force in 1997, apply...more