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
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
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
On April 11, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down an EPA final rule which exempted animal feeding operations from air pollution reporting requirements. Under the 2008 rule, farms did not...more