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In what was likely a shock to coal-fired electric utilities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held on June 28, 2024, that proposed decisions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“Court”) addressed in a July 25th decision an issue involving the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) hazardous waste characteristic of corrosivity....more
Yesterday a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard from lawyers for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Environmental Protection Agency...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) issued an August 15th decision interpreting the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) term “manufacturing process unit”...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“7th Circuit”) addressed in an August 16th Opinion an issue arising out of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Schmucker v....more
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
The Environmental Technology Council (“ETC”) filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the fee schedule issued by the United States Environmental...more
Vickery Environmental, Inc. (“Vickery”) filed an October 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging certain conditions...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has upheld the Transfer-Based Exclusion in EPA’s final rule Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste, 73 Fed. Reg. 64,668, 64,669 (Oct. 30, 2008). The...more
EPA promulgated a final rule in 2015 redefining “solid waste” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) to curb sham recycling (the “Rule”). In the August 2017 issue of Environmental Notes, we reported that...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently rejected portions of an EPA rule designed to distinguish true recycling from “sham recycling” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more
On July 7, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the D.C. Circuit) vacated portions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2015 rule on the Definition of Solid Waste (the...more
With a back story sparked by the tragedy of 9/11 and that at times reads like a novel teeming with alleged government cover-up, fraud and employee persecution, EPA has agreed to a March 31, 2016, deadline for deciding whether...more
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on August 20, 2014, upheld a lower court’s ruling and rejected an attempt by several environmental groups to use the citizen suit provision under the...more