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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NPDES RCRA

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More PFAS Definitions, More Problems - Using PFAS Definitions to Avoid Pitfalls in Compliance, Contracting, Insurance Coverage and...

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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

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EPA Compliance in 2024: 10 Key Areas of Concern (and 5 Tips for Success)

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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

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PFAS Polluters Soon To Be Held Accountable Under CERCLA After Major EPA Rulemaking

We can now talk about the proverbial elephant in the PFAS room that has been lingering for a while. On April 19, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will list the so-called "forever chemicals"...more

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CERCLA Release Reporting Exemption for Federally Permitted Releases

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Seasoned environmental professionals are well-acquainted with the typical hazardous substance release reporting analysis under CERCLA; where a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance is released into the environment...more

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RCRA Wastewater Treatment Unit Exemption: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interpretive Letter

United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Director Carolyn Hoskinson transmitted a September 9th letter providing an interpretation of the Resource Conservation and...more

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PFAS and Your Business: Screening for Risk

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States across the country have been regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) over the last few years. Recent actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) underscores that point:...more

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Biden EPA Develops New Playbook for Addressing PFAS

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On October 18, 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap (Roadmap or Plan), the agency's new approach to comprehensively addressing the threat to public health and the environment...more

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EPA Announces Plans to Regulate PFAS under RCRA

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In a press conference on October 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it intends to partially grant a petition from New Mexico requesting the listing of per and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS)...more

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Incoming Impacts to Industry: EPA Announces PFAS Strategic Roadmap

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On October 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024 (the “PFAS Roadmap”). This widely anticipated plan further expands EPA’s...more

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EPA Announces Comprehensive PFAS Strategic Roadmap

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EPA released its plan for actions to address PFAS contamination on October 18, 2021. This is an aggressive and wide-sweeping plan that reaches across multiple statutory authorities. Much of the Roadmap will require regulatory...more

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Petroleum Storage Tank Terminal/Federal Citizen Suit Action: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Doctrine of Primary Jurisdiction

The Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit (“Court of Appeals”) addressed an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Conservation Law...more

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New Environmental Appeals Board Permit Appeal Procedures Take Effect Sept. 21, 2020

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On Aug. 21, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Final Rule, Streamlining Procedures for Permit Appeals, in the Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 51,650), which becomes effective Sept. 21 for all...more

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Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2019

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EDF Reports That EPA Has “Muzzled” SACC: The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) published a September 16, 2019, blog item entitled “EPA’s latest move to deflect criticism of its TSCA risk evaluations: Muzzle...more

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Sixth Circuit Limits Reach of Clean Water Act to Groundwater Discharges, Creates Circuit Split on Proper Scope of CWA

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Why It Matters - In recent years, the question of whether groundwater that migrates into federally protected navigable waters falls under the purview of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) has been fiercely debated and heavily...more

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Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Adds Biosolids Facility Report

The Association of Clean Water Agencies (“ACWA”) announced in its weekly publication that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the Biosolids Facility Report (“Report”) on the agency’s Enforcement...more

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Administration's Infrastructure Plan Supports Reuse of Brownfields and Superfund Sites

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• The Trump Administration released an ambitious $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Feb. 12, 2018 – a plan that includes many provisions focused upon encouraging the reuse of contaminated brownfields and Superfund sites. ...more

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Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2017

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Schedules PPDC Meeting: On October 13, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the scheduling of a Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) meeting for November 1-2, 2017. 82...more

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Impacts of the 2016 U.S. Election on Environmental Law, Policy, and Enforcement

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The 2016 election results will have wide-ranging impacts on the future direction of environmental law, policy, and enforcement in the U.S. With 100 lawyers in offices around the U.S. focused on environmental and natural...more

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Pierce Atwood Environmental Regulatory Compliance Calendar

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Federal - Notice of Availability of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Two Updated Chapters in the EPA Air Pollution Control Cost Manual - EPA is making two finalized chapters of the EPA Air Pollution Control...more

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Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, July 2015

EPA Seeks Comment On Series 810 Test Guidelines: On June 17, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability for comment of several Series 810, non-binding, draft test guidelines developed by...more

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Clean Water Environmental Issues for 2015

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There are a handful of legal and regulatory issues on the horizon in 2015 that are worth watching. Some of these issues, like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Cooling Water Rule and the U.S. Army Corps of...more

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