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Waste Management Hazardous Substances State and Local Government

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95th Arkansas General Assembly/Act 1009: Addressing Enforcement for Certain Types of Industrial Waste Disposal

Act 1009 was signed by Governor Sanders which amends the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act to require revocation of a permit for the disposal of industrial waste in an agricultural or pastoral application for a...more

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PFAS Primer Quarterly Update: 2025 Q1 – Setting the PFAS Standard

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In the latest edition of the PFAS Primer Quarterly Update, our roundup of regulatory, litigation, and scientific actions involving PFAS, states exempt PFAS products – except the states that don’t, defendants can remove PFAS...more

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PCB Bulk Product Waste Storage Timeframes: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Response to Region 1 Request for Approval of...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery issued a January 17th memorandum titled: Response to Region 1 Request Regarding PCB Bulk Product Waste Storage...more

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Southern California Fire Cleanup Considerations for Landowners

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Affected landowners may be able to avail themselves of certain protections under state and federal environmental laws. In the aftermath of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a cleanup effort is...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Director's Order and Assessment...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 17th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID-19 Related Insurance Cases

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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID‐19 Related Insurance Cases As reported in our September update, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation at its July 2020 hearing session requested...more

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Hazardous Waste Disposal: Federal District Court Addresses United States Challenge to Scope...

The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (“Court”) in a March 31st Order addressed a dispute regarding a state-issued hazardous waste disposal permit. See United States v. N.M. Env’t Dep’t, No. CV 19-46...more

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Maine BEP Adopts Mixed Bag Of Beneficial Use Rule Revisions; Requires License Modifications

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On May 17, 2018, after a lengthy and tortuous rulemaking that included substantive review and authorization by the Legislature, but only if certain changes were made, the Board of Environmental Protection adopted several...more

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Solid Waste Containing Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material: December 2017 Association of State and...

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a December 2017 report titled: Waste Generation and Disposal: Awareness, Management, and Disposal Guidance for Solid Waste...more

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