News & Analysis as of

Waste Management Wastewater

Environmental General Counsel PC

EGC's Global Sustainability Series: Mexico, an Interview with Luigi Pontones Brito

Sustainability in México - Environmental General Counsel (“EGC”) continues its Global Sustainability Series with a focus on Mexico. EGC Founder and Principal Catherine W. Johnson recently interviewed Luigi Pontones Brito,...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 20 December 2024

Mayer Brown on

COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11772 - Nippon Express / SH)- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11783 - Luxshare / Pierer / Leoni)...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Avance en el gigantesco proyecto para el tratamiento de aguas residuales en Bogotá

Holland & Knight LLP on

El Tribunal Administrativo de Cundinamarca de Colombia ha levantado la medida cautelar sobre la Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales (PTAR) Canoas, permitiendo así avanzar en su proceso de construcción en Bogotá. Este...more

McGlinchey Stafford

EPA Test Methods 1633 and 1621 Shape Future of PFAS Management

McGlinchey Stafford on

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized Test Methods 1633 and 1621, environmental sampling methods for analyzing up to 40 target per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soil, groundwater, and other...more

Oberheiden P.C.

The Ultimate Guide to Clean Water Act Compliance in 2024 (and Beyond)

Oberheiden P.C. on

Companies that produce and discharge pollutants are subject to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight under the Clean Water Act. The EPA routinely conducts inspections focused on federal laws like Oil Pollution...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Pretreatment Enforcement/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Woodridge, New York, Egg Processing Facility...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Newburg Egg Processing Corp. (“Newburg”) entered into a May 19th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act...more

Goldberg Segalla

Waste Reduction Programs to Take on Climate Change

Goldberg Segalla on

In 2015, California’s former governor Edmund Brown Jr. set methane emissions-reduction targets for the state. Senate Bill 1383 requires that California reduce organic waste disposal 75 percent by the year 2025. Although most...more

Downey Brand LLP

State Water Board Adopts New Sanitary Sewer Systems Waste Discharge Requirements

Downey Brand LLP on

After nearly four years of negotiations, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) considered and unanimously adopted the Statewide Sanitary Sewer Systems General Waste Discharge Requirements...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - October 2022 #4

Allen Matkins on

UPS to pay $5.3M fine, correct hazardous waste violations in settlement with EPA - ABC News – October 19 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday announced that it reached a settlement with United Parcel...more

BCLP

PFAS and Your Business: Screening for Risk

BCLP on

States across the country have been regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) over the last few years. Recent actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) underscores that point:...more

Williams Mullen

DEQ's 2022 Flood of Stormwater-Related Guidance for VA - Part I

Williams Mullen on

​​​​​​​The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is poised to unleash in 2022 a flood of new stormwater-related regulatory actions and related procedural and technical guidance for development projects and...more

Williams Mullen

Virginia DEQ Issues More Stringent Stormwater Management Policy for Solar Projects

Williams Mullen on

On March 29, 2022, Michael Rolband, the director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), issued a memorandum implementing a new and much more stringent post-development stormwater management policy for...more

Williams Mullen

Certification Just Got Easier for the Sale or Purchase of Pollution Control Equipment Used in Local Water and Solid Waste Projects

Williams Mullen on

Good news for companies/vendors that sell “certified pollution control equipment or facilities” to city or county water, wastewater, stormwater or waste management facilities or systems in Virginia: the road to sales tax...more

K&L Gates LLP

EPA and States Get Busy on PFAS Waste Regulation

K&L Gates LLP on

The Biden administration has prioritized regulating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), which are a class of fluorinated chemicals used in products as varied as food packaging and fire-fighting foams because they are...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Minambiente en Colombia reglamenta uso de aguas residuales

Holland & Knight LLP on

Luego de varios años de mesas de trabajo en las cuales se discutieron y analizaron distintos intereses frente a la expedición de una reglamentación que regulara el uso de aguas residuales, el pasado 23 de noviembre de 2021,...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

V&E’s Comprehensive Primer On Sustainable Finance

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

The amount of money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially in the past year, and as banks and investors increasingly turn their attention to ESG factors, companies are also...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

[Webinar] New Statewide Winery Order: What Wineries Need to Know - May 26th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

The new statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for winery process water (Winery Order) adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board have spread concern across the wine industry. The Winery Order is...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Missouri To Move To Next Phase Of Vaccinations On March 15

Husch Blackwell LLP on

Governor Parson announced that Missouri will move to the next phase of vaccinations, Phase 1B-Tier 3, on Monday, March 15. This will make the vaccine available to an additional 550,000 Missourians. Phase 1B-Tier 3 includes...more

Jones Day

Regulators in the United States and Europe Move to Restrict PFAS in Products and Wastes

Jones Day on

The Background: In recent years, the scientific and regulatory communities have paid increasing attention to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"), which have been common components for decades in consumer and...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Marine Plastic Pollution: How Global Extended Producer Responsibility Can Help

[co-authors: Erin Eastwood, Justin Fisch, and Lara McDonough] Ocean plastic pollution is a growing challenge that has captured the attention and concern of governments, businesses, and the public alike. As images and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Revised Memorandum of Understanding Brings Further TCEQ Oversight to the Texas Oil Patch

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Background - In 1982 a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) was crafted between the Texas Railroad Commission (“RRC”) and a predecessor to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) outlining the division of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Guidance on Disposition of Unmerchantable Beer (Updated)

Update June 24, 2020: Updated to reflect extended TTB waiver deadline of September 1, 2020. Closures of restaurants, bars, and taprooms in the wake of COVID-19 have resulted in beer becoming out-of-date or unmerchantable...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Guidance on Disposition of Unmerchantable Beer

Closures of restaurants, bars, and taprooms in the wake of COVID-19 have resulted in beer becoming out-of-date or unmerchantable because it cannot be sold quickly enough. As a result, breweries, wholesalers, and alcohol...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: Top Environmental Considerations

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Even though the coronavirus poses novel and complex challenges to all aspects of a company’s operations, it is not an excuse for companies to press “pause” on their obligations to comply with environmental laws and permits. ...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit?: Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Clean Water...

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) and other municipalities filed an Amicus Brief in the pending Supreme Court of the United States case styled County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, et al....more

32 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide