On June 29, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that its March 26, 2020 Temporary Policy Memo, which modified the Agency’s enforcement discretion in light of the sweeping impact of the COVID-19...more
Three environmental conservation groups have announced plans to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to EPA’s issuance of its March 26, 2020 Temporary Policy Memo, which modified the agency’s...more
This alert reports on Executive Order No. 122 pertaining to the remediation of contaminated sites in New Jersey; recent New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) guidance and emergency rule adoptions for...more
In a 4-3 decision on April 13, 2020, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania upheld Governor Tom Wolf’s March 19, 2020 Executive Order requiring the closure of the physical operations of all non-life-sustaining businesses to slow...more
On April 10, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Memorandum titled “Interim Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions Due to Impacts of COVID-19.” This Interim Guidance follows on the heels of EPA’s...more
NEW JERSEY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 122 – SITE REMEDIATION - New Jersey Governor Murphy recently signed Executive Order No. 122 (E.O. 122) directing, among other things, that all non-essential construction activity in the Garden...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a temporary policy memo modifying the agency’s enforcement discretion in light of the sweeping impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. In...more