Environmental regulations, including those under the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) jurisdiction, present a complex compliance challenge for vehicle fleet managers and operations departments across the country....more
The U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking input from industry stakeholders on the role of artificial intelligence in the supply chain. The DOT’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Infrastructure is one of many federal...more
7/12/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
CARB ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Common Carriers ,
Compliance ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Forced Labor ,
National Security ,
Nuclear Power ,
Supply Chain ,
Trucking Industry ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Vessels
Environmental regulations, including those under the California Air Resources Board’s (“CARB”) jurisdiction, present a complex compliance challenge for vehicle fleet managers and operations departments across the country....more
4/9/2024
/ Air Pollution ,
Air Quality Standards ,
CARB ,
Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trucking Industry ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
The Advanced Clean Fleets (“ACF") regulation (“ACF Regulation") applies to truck fleets and imposes requirements on fleets to register their vehicles to monitor and facilitate the transition of fleet vehicles from internal...more
The early days of the Biden Administration have given commercial users and providers of transportation and logistics services a lot to consider. In the first week of his presidency alone, President Biden signed 22 executive...more
2/24/2021
/ Air Quality Standards ,
Biden Administration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Distribution Centers ,
Executive Orders ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Logistics ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retailers ,
SCAQMD ,
State and Local Government ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trucking Industry ,
Warehouses
The international forwarding community was not immune from headlines, advisories, and rulemaking dealing with U.S. export controls and economic sanctions in 2020 despite never-ending attention due the global COVID-19...more
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), also known as the Superfund law, imposes strict, joint and several, and retroactive liability. Over time, many companies and their legal...more
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), also known as the Superfund law, imposes strict, joint and several, and retroactive liability. Over time, many companies and their legal...more
11/30/2020
/ Atomic Energy Act ,
CERCLA ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Defense Strategies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
NPDES ,
Pollution Exclusion ,
Site Remediation ,
Superfund
With its imposition of strict, joint and several, and retroactive liability, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), also known as the Superfund statute, has raised...more
The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), also known as the Superfund law, has been used successfully to clean up abandoned industrial sites across the country....more
In late March 2020, as many states adopted responses to the coronavirus pandemic that either encouraged or mandated “work from home” practices, U.S. EPA and other environmental regulators developed temporary enforcement...more
On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a regulation intended to reduce the ability of individual states, Native American tribes or interstate regulatory agencies to veto federal permits for...more
6/11/2020
/ Certification Requirements ,
Clean Water Act ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Navigable Waters ,
New Rules ,
Pipelines ,
Section 401 ,
States Rights ,
Tribal Lands
In January 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) finalized a regulation that narrowed the scope of their regulatory jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.
In doing so,...more
In memos dated March 31 and April 13, 2020, Corey Ellis, Acting Director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Executive Office for United States Attorneys, temporarily suspended civil penalty payments, including...more
As Benesch previously reported, U.S. EPA issued guidance entitled, “COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program” on March 26, 2020. The memorandum expressed U.S. EPA’s general intention to...more