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Various municipalities and public wastewater and stormwater utilities have filed a joint Amici Curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court Case styled: City and County of San Francisco v EPA...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an August 12th report titled: State Program Deficiencies and Inadequate EPA Oversight of State Enforcement Contributed...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and State of New York (“NY”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) with the following: Westchester Joint...more
The Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Section publication, Arkansas Drinking Water Update (“Update”) (Volume 38, No. 2), published an article titled: Lead and Copper Rule Service Line Inventories (“Article”)....more
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (the “Regulation”) which established legally enforceable levels called Maximum Contaminant Levels...more
On February 15, 2024, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) released Massachusetts’ inaugural Environmental Justice Strategy (“EJ Strategy”), a comprehensive set of initiatives and...more
Three federal agencies announced the joint production and release of a document titled: Incident Response Guide – Water and Wastewater Sector (January 2024) (“Guide”)...more
Beginning October 1, 2023, under a benchmarking program administered by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), all property owners or operators of commercial properties over 25,000 square feet in New Jersey will be...more
In a world of solar power, green energy, and electric cars, it is sometimes surprising to consider how much of a political hot potato good ol’ fashioned coal remains. There are more than 300 coal-fired power plants still...more
EPA Aims to Mitigate Risk of Cyberattack on Public Water Systems On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Memorandum Addressing Public Water System (PWS) Cybersecurity in Sanitary Surveys or...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a March 3rd memorandum titled: Addressing PWS Cybersecurity in Sanitary Surveys or an Alternate Process (“Memorandum”) The Memorandum was transmitted...more
The United States District Court of Massachusetts (“Court”) addressed in a February 17th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See Conservation Law Foundation,...more
“Geographic Information System” (GIS) describes any computer system that incorporates data related to location. GIS can present several different data points in a single map, which allows users to view and analyze trends and...more
On January 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court granted an appeal to reconsider the extent of federal Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction involving wetlands on a couple’s property in Idaho. The appellants (the Sacketts)...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two public meetings via webinar to cover a comprehensive overview of its most recent Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule ("UCMR"), UCMR 5. The two meetings will be...more
Earlier this month, fears usually confined to dystopian novels and Hollywood movies were realized in Oldsmar, Florida when an unknown hacker breached the city’s water treatment system by successfully accessing its control...more
Public water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities face an array of compliance obligations under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) that require investment in upgrades and maintenance of critical wastewater infrastructure....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) circulated a prepublication version of its proposed revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (“LCR”). The LCR revisions are proposed pursuant to the authority of the...more
On April 25, 2017, the National Wildlife Federation, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Lake Erie Charter Boat Association, Lake Erie Foundation, Michigan United Conservation Clubs, and Ohio Environmental Council (NGOs) filed a...more
This case law update describes a selection of renewable energy cases from 2015. It is not intended to address all renewable energy cases over the previous year, but rather, highlight a few that are more likely to be of...more
On March 17, 2015, the D.C. District Court denied the Public Service Company of New Hampshire’s (PSNH’s) motion to intervene in a Sierra Club-initiated proceeding urging the U.S. EPA to object to a Title V permit for one of...more