[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
On December 13, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a request for public comment for the 2026 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for stormwater...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and West Alabama Sand and Gravel, Inc. (“West Alabama”) entered into a December 7th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of regulations addressing...more
On December 5, 2022, the U.S. EPA issued a memorandum entitled, Addressing PFAS Discharges in NPDES Permits and Through the Pretreatment Program and Monitoring Programs. The memorandum “provides EPA’s guidance to states and...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Fought & Company, Inc., (“Fought”) entered into a Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Stormwater Industrial General Permit. See Docket No....more
AB 377, entitled the “California Clean Water Act,” introduced by Assemblymember Rivas in February 2021, includes provisions to eliminate all “impaired waterways” and make all waters in California suitable for drinking,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and USA Truck, Inc. (“USA”) entered into a November 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violation of an...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Little Rock (“Little Rock”) entered into a June 19th Permit Appeal Resolution (“PAR”) addressing a previously filed...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and JM Trucking & Trailer Leasing, LLC, (“JM”) entered into a February 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and the Boeing Company (“Boeing”) executed a July 19th Abatement Order on Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violations of Missouri Water Pollution Control statutory...more
It is expected that the State of Maine multi-sector general stormwater permit for industrial facilities will be signed by Commissioner Mercer shortly. The new 5-year permit requires that facilities subject to the permit,...more
NEW REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS - Federal - Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Stormwater Discharges - All 10 EPA regions are seeking public comment on the draft 2017...more
The Maryland Court of Appeals has issued an important decision broadly upholding county stormwater permits issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). The court's unanimous decision, authored by Judge Sally...more