President Donald Trump's April 8, 2025, proclamation extends the compliance deadline for the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) by two years, from July 8, 2027 to July 8, 2029, asserting national security concerns...more
4/14/2025
/ Clean Air Act ,
Coal Industry ,
Compliance Dates ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Hazardous Substances ,
MATS ,
National Security ,
NESHAP ,
Pollution Control ,
Time Extensions ,
Trump Administration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on March 12, 2025, that EPA will undertake 31 distinct actions in an effort to advance President Donald Trump's Day One executive orders (EOs) to...more
3/18/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Air Quality Standards ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Deregulation ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
NAAQS ,
NESHAP ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Tribal Governments ,
Trump Administration
The Trump Administration issued a memorandum on Jan. 27, 2025 (the Jan. 27 memorandum), directing all federal agencies to temporarily pause the obligation or disbursement of federal financial assistance, effective Jan. 28,...more
President-Elect Donald Trump is poised to expand upon policies he implemented during his first term in office, such as those emphasizing limited government, states' rights and lower taxes. Additionally, it is anticipated that...more
11/8/2024
/ Affirmative Action ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Canada ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Climate Change ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
DACA ,
Defense Sector ,
Deregulation ,
Educational Institutions ,
Election Results ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Income Taxes ,
Mexico ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
NATO ,
Public Health ,
Public Schools ,
SALT ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Title IX ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USDA ,
Veterans
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws represent a pivotal shift in environmental and sustainability compliance, placing the onus of end-of-life product management on Producers, the parties that produce the products...more
10/18/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Dates ,
Data-Sharing ,
Distributors ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Manufacturers ,
Plastics ,
Product Packaging ,
Self-Certification ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability ,
Waste Management
In this episode of "The Eyes on Washington Podcast," Public Policy & Regulation attorneys Rich Gold and Dimitrios Karakitsos sit down with Arjun Mody, Staff Director to the Senate Republican Conference, to cover the...more
For nearly 40 years and in more than 18,000 judicial opinions, federal courts have used the Chevron doctrine to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court...more
9/3/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corner Post Inc v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FERC ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Government Agencies ,
HUD ,
IRS ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
NTSB ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
Stare Decisis ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
U.S. Treasury
In continuing with the Biden-Harris Administration's goal to combat plastic pollution, on July 19, 2024, the Interagency Policy Committee on Plastic Pollution and a Circular Economy (IPC)1 released a new joint strategy to...more
7/23/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
NOAA ,
Plastics ,
Pollution Control ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Public Policy ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Tribal Lands ,
United Nations ,
USAID ,
Waste Management
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron deference in its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo on June 28, 2024. Chevron – a central doctrine of administrative law – had stood since 1984....more
7/1/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Stare Decisis ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Unconstitutional Condition
For nearly 40 years and in more than 18,000 judicial opinions, federal courts have used the Chevron doctrine to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. Under the doctrine, named for the 1984...more
5/21/2024
/ Auer Deference ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Data Collection ,
Kisor v Wilkie ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Oral Argument ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
Stare Decisis ,
Statutory Interpretation
The federal fiscal year for 2024 (FY 2024) begins on Oct. 1, 2023, and if appropriations bills have not been enacted before that date or a temporary funding measure – known as a continuing resolution (CR) – has not been...more
9/26/2023
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Appropriations Bill ,
Contingency Plans ,
Continuing Resolution ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Government Agencies ,
Government Shutdown ,
OMB
For the first time since 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is actively evaluating potential updates to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (Green Guides or Guides) to provide clarity...more
6/29/2023
/ Advertising ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Green Guides ,
Green Marketing ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Public Comment ,
Recycling ,
Rulemaking Process
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) released the draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (EPA 530-R-23-006) (Draft Strategy) on April 21, 2023. The...more
5/9/2023
/ Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Green Guides ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
Plastics ,
Policy Drafting ,
Pollution Control ,
Popular ,
Public Comment ,
Recycling
President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.5 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (the Omnibus) (Public Law No. 117-103) on March 15, 2022. Included in the Omnibus for the first time in a decade was a large...more
The White House on May 28, 2021, released President Joe Biden's $6 trillion proposed budget for federal spending in fiscal year (FY) 2022. The president's budget proposal serves as a fiscal blueprint for the administration's...more
In the first episode of "The Eyes on Washington Podcast" series, Public Policy & Regulation Group Leader Rich Gold spoke with Quorum about all things earmarks. He describes what earmarks are, how they've changed and how...more
Congress has completed three rounds of legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis. These include an $8.3 billion supplemental appropriation (round 1) signed into law on March 6, as well as...more
Congress has completed two rounds of legislation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting economic crisis. These include an $8.3 billion supplemental appropriation (round 1) signed into law on March 6,...more
President Donald Trump on February 12, 2018, submitted his budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019.
The President's full budget calls for approximately $4.4 trillion in total spending. Much of the budget seeks...more
2/14/2018
/ Brownfield Grants ,
Bureau of Indian Affairs ,
Bureau of Land Management ,
Capital Investments ,
CDFI Fund ,
Colleges ,
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of the Interior ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Drinking Water ,
Economic Development ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Farms ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Federal Transit Administration ,
FEMA ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Highway Trust Fund ,
Hospitals ,
HUD ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
IRS ,
MARAD ,
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ,
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) ,
NIST ,
Nuclear Power ,
Nuclear Waste ,
OHSA ,
Petroleum ,
Private Schools ,
Public Housing ,
Public Schools ,
Renewable Energy ,
Research and Development ,
Rural Areas ,
School Safety ,
SNAP Program ,
Technology Sector ,
TIGER Program ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Universities ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service ,
USAID ,
USDA ,
Veterans' Benefits ,
WIFIA
On February 12, 2018, the White House unveiled its 55-page proposal for infrastructure investment, the Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure. The sweeping proposal seeks to inject funding into several key areas...more
2/14/2018
/ Airports ,
Brownfield Properties ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Flood Control ,
Highways ,
Hydropower ,
Incentives ,
Infrastructure ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
Inland Waterways ,
Mass Transit ,
Ports ,
Railroads ,
Railways ,
Rural Areas ,
State and Local Government ,
Storm Water ,
Superfund ,
Surface Transportation ,
Transformative Use ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Wastewater ,
Water ,
Water Resources Facilities ,
Water Supplies ,
WRDA ,
WRRDA