Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration
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Small Refinery Exemption Litigation Update
[Podcast] Keith Matthews and Chris Wozniak: Talking Ag Biotech Episode 5
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Look at the Current Challenge to Judicial Deference to Federal Agencies and What it Means for the Consumer Financial Services Industry, With Special Guest, Craig Green, Professor, Temple University
What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023
H2-OWOW! – A Reflective Conversation with John Goodin, Former Director of EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds – Reflections on Water Podcast
Reflections on Sackett - Reflections on Water Podcast
PFAS in Focus: Wastewater Utility Perspectives From Jay Hoskins, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District - Reflections on Water Podcast
[Podcast] Keith Matthews and Chris Wozniak: Talking Ag Biotech
Environmental Agencies, Superfund Cleanups, and Managing Enforcement Actions
West Virginia vs. EPA Part II: U.S. Supreme Court Applies the Major Questions Doctrine to limit EPA Regulatory Authority
#WorkforceWednesday: Employers Respond to Dobbs, Implications of the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, and Pay Increases for CA Health Care Workers - Employment Law This Week®
PFAS Regulatory Update: EPA Issues Updated Drinking Water Health Advisories
West Virginia vs. EPA: An Environmental Regulations Case with Broad Implications for Agency Power
Diving In: An Interview With Radhika Fox, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water - Reflections on Water Podcast
McGirt Uncertainty Extends to Federal Environmental Regulations in Indian Country
EPA Plan Changes PFAS Outlook For Companies, Regulators
On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 published in the Federal Register its Final Designation of stormwater discharges from commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) properties...more
Key Takeaways - What Is Happening? On October 31, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 provided notice of two proposed actions pursuant to its “residual designation authority” (RDA) under the Clean...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Waste Recycling (“WR”) entered into an August 29th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stormwater...more
Welcome to the November edition of Nutter's Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law. What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for Massachusetts' Energy and Environment...more
Sam Hess of Inside EPA and many others are writing about EPA's Halloween Trick or Treat – the publication of a draft Clean Water Act NPDES General Permit that would apply to “commercial, industrial and institutional”...more
During the first week of oral arguments of its new term, the U.S. Supreme Court heard City & County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency. This case marks the court’s first look at the Clean Water Act following...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hecla Limited (“HL”) entered into a Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System...more
The United Stated Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) transmitted a September 9th letter to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (“Vermont”) addressing a Joint Petition from: Conservation Law Foundation....more
Today the United States Supreme Court heard from lawyers representing the City and County of San Francisco and lawyers for the United States Environmental Protection Agency on the question of whether a “narrative standard”...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (“9th Circuit”) addressed in an October 2nd Memorandum an appeal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) denial of a Petition for Rulemaking under...more
There’s no shortage of laws or regulations governing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). But how PFAS are defined across federal and state programs is far from consistent....more
A Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (“Court”) Judge addressed in a September 9th Order issues arising out of a Second Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) filed by the Illinois Attorney General (“AG”) filed against 401 Wabash...more
Inside EPA (subscription required) reported this week that a group of Democratic state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief supporting EPA’s appeal of a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision holding that EPA had...more
EarthJustice and other environmental/community organizations have filed a joint Amici Curai Brief in the United States Supreme Court styled: City and County of San Francisco v. EPA (“Brief”). See Docket No. 23-753....more
The Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NWEA”) filed a September 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board challenging a Clean Water Act...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) filed the following before the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”): Petition to Withdraw North Carolina’s National Pollutant Discharge...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Mr. Mulch, LLC (“Mr. Mulch”) entered into a July 11th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Stormwater...more
Various municipalities and public wastewater and stormwater utilities have filed a joint Amici Curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court Case styled: City and County of San Francisco v EPA...more
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) has adopted the following: Petition to Initiate Rulemaking to Approve Amendments to Regulation 6: Regulations for State Administration of the National...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a July 2024 document titled: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Whole Effluent Toxicity Permit Writer’s Manual (“Manual”)....more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for enforcing the federal laws, regulations, and Executive Orders focused on protecting the environment for the benefit of the American people, threatened and...more
New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, which went into effect on July 8, 2024, designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), and their salts and isomers as hazardous...more
As our understanding of the environment and anthropogenic impact grows, protection efforts increasingly spawn regulation. Media coverage of perceived harms to health and the environment and well-funded advocacy by...more
On May 28, 2024, the Supreme Court announced that it would review a Clean Water Act (CWA) case brought by the City of San Francisco (“San Francisco” or “the City”) against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The...more
Companies in a wide range of industries are subject to the oversight of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA enforces numerous environmental laws, environmental regulations, and executive orders to...more