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Key Takeaways - What Happened? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the 2026 version of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) MSGP for stormwater discharges associated with...more
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 Council for Environmental Quality’s (“CEQ”) published an interim final rule yesterday repealing all of its implementing regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). The interim final rule becomes...more
On December 13, 2024, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (“Commission”) voted to receive public comments to proposed Social Consumption Establishment Regulations until January 23, 2025, at 5:00 p.m....more
2026 MSGP - EPA released its proposed 2026 MSGP, which authorizes stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities in jurisdictions where EPA is the NPDES permitting authority, including Massachusetts, New...more
The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently released drafts of two key work products required by AB 525: a Conceptual Permitting Roadmap and a Report on the Preliminary Assessment of Economic Benefits of Offshore Wind...more
In July 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 158 into law, which established the Board of Environmental Safety (BES)—an agency charged with overseeing the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) hazardous waste...more
What You Need to Know- •The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has published draft rules for implementation of the state’s Environmental Justice Law, which requires an evaluation of the environmental and...more
On June 1, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a Proposed Rule aimed at modifying the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) Section 401 Certification Process in response to regulatory changes made by the Trump...more
Mike Rolband was appointed Director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in January 2022. Recently, Channing Martin, a partner in the Environment and Natural Resources Group at Williams Mullen, had the...more
The NC ABC Commission has circulated proposed common area entertainment permit rules, which are still in the drafting stage. The Commission requested initial comments by Friday, August 13, 2021, and will review any...more
On Wednesday, July 14, at 10 am, the New York City Planning Commission (CPC) held its public hearing on the Department of City Planning’s proposed hotel special permit text . Over the past two months, the proposal has been...more
In November, Democrats won control of the House of Delegates and kept control over the Commonwealth’s Senate. Now, Democrats control both the Executive and Legislative branches of government in the Commonwealth of Virginia....more
The United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”) published an August 23rd Federal Register Notice announcing the availability of two interim policies for public comment. See 84 Fed. Reg. 44351. ...more
On May 27, 2019, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced it is considering amending 9 VAC 15-60, Small Renewable Energy Projects (Solar) Permit Regulation by Rule (the “PBR Regulations”). The PBR...more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the WateReuse Association (collectively “NACWA”) submitted June 7th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on its: Interpretive Statement...more
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) is seeking public comment on whether it should amend the current state regulations governing permits by rule for small solar projects....more
After decades of insisting otherwise and before the U.S. Supreme Court has had a chance to rule on the issue, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took steps to limit its interpretation of the Clean Water Act’s...more
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, after a lengthy discussion, today upheld Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Moulton’s prior Recommended Decision in the matter of C & H Hog Farms, Inc. The ALJ...more
A recent decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui) created a new standard for permitting under the Clean Water Act — one that captures discharges from point sources through...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 2nd Order denying a Petition of Objection to a Clean Air Act Title V Permit for Yuhuang Chemical, Inc., methanol plant (“Plant”) in St. James Parish,...more
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on April 18, 2018, entitled “The Appropriate Role of States and the Federal Government in Protecting Groundwater.” Persons providing testimony included...more
A number of environmental organizations submitted a March 19th Petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator pursuant to Section 505(b)(2) of the Clean air Act and 40 C.F.R. § 70.8(d)...more
On March 31, 2018, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) opened a public comment period regarding the potential issuance of a State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) general permit...more
A recent Ninth Circuit ruling that pollutants reaching waters of the United States through groundwater may trigger Clean Water Act liability has prompted the U.S. EPA to consider clarifying its position on the subject. The...more