The EPA issued a final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule that announces the biofuel volume targets for 2023 – 2025 and provides a first look into the EPA’s plans for implementing the program moving forward.
The RFS...more
7/14/2023
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Biomass ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy Act ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Habitat Conservation Plan ,
Infrastructure ,
Renewable Fuel ,
USDA
Ratification of the Kigali Amendment formally commits the U.S. to a global effort to significantly reduce production and use of HFCs and reinforces the aggressive domestic HFC phasedown begun last year by the AIM...more
The Supreme Court rejected EPA’s Obama-era Clean Power Plan in a decision that has significant implications both for future attempts by EPA to regulate CO2 emissions and for other agencies attempting to promulgate rules that...more
7/5/2022
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Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
OSHA ,
SCOTUS ,
West Virginia v EPA
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has reopened the comment period for its natural gas infrastructure policy statements, giving the hydrogen industry a chance to champion policies that could promote hydrogen...more
EPA proposes new emissions control requirements for new sources and existing sources and aims to reduce methane emissions by 74 percent by 2030.
Regulations would require newly constructed oil and gas production facilities...more
The current bill contains several provisions which would significantly alter the requirements of National Environmental Policy Act review, but it remains to be seen whether those changes will survive House review.
The...more
Businesses are encouraged to provide input on EPA’s HFC allowance allocation process during the forthcoming public comment period.
To achieve the objectives of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM), which...more
Industries impacted by the AIM Act’s HFC phasedown must prepare to address the costs and other challenges of complying with a new and emerging regulatory framework.
The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM Act)...more
On June 22, 2020, EPA finalized a rule adding 172 PFAS to the list of chemicals subject to annual reporting under the Toxic Release Inventory Program.
The reporting deadline for PFAS on the updated Toxic Release Inventory...more
A recent federal court decision serves as a reminder how a lack of attention to seemingly administrative details can have significant legal consequences.
Parties seeking to use a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for...more
New EPA policy guides regulated parties through environmental compliance challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 26, EPA issued a “temporary” policy outlining its plans for approaching civil enforcement in...more
EPA existing guidance provides some conceptual anchoring for informing evolving risk management considerations.
- Regulated parties face disruption of their ability to comply with environmental, health & safety laws due...more
The proposal marks another instance of EPA follow-through on its 2019 PFAS Action Plan.
The SDWA requires EPA to make regulatory determinations every five years based on whether chemicals in public water systems pose a...more
3/10/2020
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Contaminated Properties ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Groundwater ,
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PFAS ,
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Public Health ,
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Toxic Chemicals ,
Water Supplies
Carbon-reduction initiatives have begun to increasingly target the construction industry, particularly in light of data showing that buildings generate up to 40% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions. ...more