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
The United States District Court (Eastern District Wisconsin) (“Court”) addressed in a July 27th Order a request by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) acting on behalf of the United States Environmental...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“7th Circuit”) addressed in an August 16th Opinion an issue arising out of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Schmucker v....more
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TSCA/FIFRA/IRIS/NTP/TRI - EPA Releases TRI Preliminary Dataset For Calendar Year 2015: On July 20, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)...more
Federal - Notice of Availability of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Two Updated Chapters in the EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual - EPA is making two finalized chapters of the EPA Air Pollution Control...more