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Underground Storage Tanks/Rate Establishment Guide for State Financial Assurance Funds: ASTSWMO Report

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued on August 24, Part One of a document titled: Rate Establishment Guide for State Financial Assurance Funds (“Guide”)....more

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Data Quality Issues Within the Hazardous Waste e-MANIFEST System: Association for State and Territorial Solid Waste Management...

The Association for State and Territorial Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) published a position paper titled: DATA QUALITY ISSUES WITHIN THE HAZARDOUS WASTE e-MANIFEST SYSTEM (“Position Paper). The Position Paper...more

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10 Tips for Handling an EPA Environmental Audit

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expects companies to self-police their environmental compliance efforts. While the EPA regularly conducts inspections focused on assessing environmental compliance, it also...more

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Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, August 2024

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Releases Draft Risk Evaluation For 1,1-Dichloroethane And Draft Hazard Assessment Of 1,2-Dichloroethane For Public Comment And Peer Review: On July 2, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...more

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Prospective Purchaser Agreement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Public Notices Settlement Addressing St. Joseph, Missouri...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the August 7th Federal Register notice of a proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement (“PPA”) with the City of St. Joseph, Missouri (“St. Jospeh”). See 89...more

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RCRA/11th Amendment: Federal Court Addresses Immunity of Two California Officials

A United States District Court (E.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in a July 31st Order a federal question jurisdiction issue arising out of a Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) judicial action. See...more

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EPA Commences Proceedings to Investigate PFAS in Fluorinated Plastic Containers

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Companies that manufacture, use, distribute, and dispose of fluorinated plastic containers should take note that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted a petition from several environmental groups...more

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2024 Has Been a Big Year for EPA with Significant Implications for Manufacturers as EPA Executes on its PFAS Strategic Roadmap  

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In 2021 the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued its strategic roadmap to address a broad group of thousands of manmade chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), pledging to use “every tool in...more

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A Shock to the System: Potential Ramifications of the Electric Energy Coal Ash Decision and Insurance Recovery

In what was likely a shock to coal-fired electric utilities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held on June 28, 2024, that proposed decisions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January...more

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The Future of Environmental Regulation after the Supreme Court Decisions in Loper Bright and Corner Post

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Just in time to celebrate our Nation’s birthday, the United States Supreme Court brought out its hammer to again chip away at the administrative state in two landmark decisions: Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo,...more

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2024 Midyear PFAS Regulatory Update: Final Rules Recently Issued by EPA and What's to Come

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Just past the halfway point of 2024, it's already been a busy year for those following regulatory developments related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Building on its plans in the 2021 PFAS Strategic Road Map...more

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Is "Forever" Really Forever? EPA's New Guidance on PFAS Destruction and Disposal

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EPA recently published a 2024 update to its Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Materials Containing PFAS (Interim Guidance), as required by the...more

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Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives/RCRA: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Managing Officials'...

The Hazardous Waste Subcommittee of the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted June 20th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on its...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chemical Etching Manufacturer Enter into Expedited...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and PMA Industries, Inc. (“PMI”) entered into a May 9th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Federal Hazardous Waste...more

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EPA Action on “Forever Chemicals”

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are at the top of every environmental regulator’s list in 2024 and already this year the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken key steps toward regulating...more

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EPA and DOI Regulatory Roundup: Air Toxics and Carbon, Coal Ash, Wastewater, Methane, and Offshore Wind

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The Biden-Harris Administration recently issued a suite of new rules aimed at addressing water and air quality, reducing methane emissions, protecting environmental justice communities, and accelerating the nation’s...more

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EPA Compliance in 2024: 10 Key Areas of Concern (and 5 Tips for Success)

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Companies in a wide range of industries are subject to the oversight of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA enforces numerous environmental laws, environmental regulations, and executive orders to...more

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Mandamus: Federal Court Addresses Request for U.S. Department of Justice Enforcement

A United States District (Connecticut) (“Court”) addressed in an April 28th Order an issue involving enforcement of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). See Zeil v. U.S. Department of Justice, 2024 WL 1330812....more

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Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, May 2024

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Issues Asbestos Part 2 Draft Risk Evaluation, Preliminarily Determines That Asbestos Poses Unreasonable Risk To Human Health: On April 16, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced...more

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US EPA lists two PFAS aka “forever chemicals” as Hazardous Substances under CERCLA

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On April 19, 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (“US EPA”) announced its final rule designating two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), namely perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Fredonia, Kansas Hazardous Waste Management Facility Enter...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Systech Environmental Corp. (“STC”) entered into a February 22nd Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing the federal/Kansas hazardous waste...more

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Without Actual Collection of Damages, Mere CERCLA Liability Not Barred as Double Recovery, Says Ninth Circuit Ground Water Quality...

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On April 15, in Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp., et al., No. 22-55727, slip op., -- F.4th – (9th Cir. 2024) (SCVWA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Court of Appeals) held that in a...more

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Regulation of PFAS Chemicals Fully Underway

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April saw two major developments with the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the so-called “forever chemicals” known as “PFAS.” On April 10, U.S. EPA issued drinking water standards for the PFAS chemicals...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Baltimore, Maryland Galvanize Enter into Consent Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Southern Galvanizing Company (“Southern”) entered into a March 26th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Federal and Maryland Hazardous...more

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EPA Updates Interim Guidance on Destruction and Disposal of PFAS Wastes

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On April 8, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued interim guidance for public comment regarding the destruction and disposal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Below, we discuss the guidance and...more

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