The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted March 26th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing a proposed rule which would amend the...more
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on February 8, 2024 two proposed rules addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The rules, if...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a direct final rule on August 9th denominated: Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule, the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule, and the Definition of...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a November 2023 report titled: Hazardous Waste Management Program Implementation Costs Report (“Report”) - The Report was...more
As part of an effort to improve the recycling and management of wastes from the generation and storage of renewable energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that it is developing a proposed...more
SEMARNAT publica una nueva Norma Oficial Mexicana, cuyo objetivo es establecer los lineamientos y requisitos necesarios para el diseño, construcción, operación y cierre de un sitio de confinamiento de residuos peligrosos....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the January 12th Federal Register a Request for Public Comment on the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (“NECIs”) it is proposing for fiscal...more
For the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC” or “Department”), discretion has been the better part of valor when considering enforcement of certain provisions of the Revised Part 360 Solid Waste...more
For the past five months, Proskauer has acted as pro bono counsel to Instituto Recicleiros (Recicleiros), a Brazilian non-profit, in obtaining a grant from the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW). AEPW is an industry-founded...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a February 2022 report titled: Best Practices to Ensure State Collaboration in Superfund (“Report”) ...more
I undertook an Arkansas Environmental Federation webinar held by the organization’s Land and Sustainability Committee on May 20th titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments: 2020-2021...more
As previously reported, a coalition of environmental groups recently filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent final...more
On February 11, three environmental groups — Sierra Club, Alliance for Affordable Energy, and PennEnvironment, Inc. — filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) challenging the U.S....more
Following years of litigation and a segmented rulemaking process, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized revisions to portions of its coal combustion residuals (CCR) regulations governing, among other...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
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 21st letter addressed a request to determine whether certain discarded carpet that a company plans to process into fuel would be considered a solid waste...more
I undertook a presentation on April 17th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste Judicial/Regulatory Developments: 2018 – 2019 - The discussion addressed...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) announced in a March 19th news release that it was reorganizing the Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste Management programs. The rationale for the reorganization is to: ...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recently issued new regulations for managing pharmaceutical waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). The rules specify new requirements for hazardous...more
While much of the environmental bar was focused on the Waters of the U.S. rulemaking, on December 11, U.S. EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the new hazardous waste pharmaceutical rule. The final rule retains a...more
Edison Wetlands Association, Inc. and Raritan Baykeeper, Inc. (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action in United States District Court (New Jersey) which includes...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made several recent changes that will affect compliance obligations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). First, EPA finalized revisions to the definition of...more
The State of Vermont (by and through the Vermont Attorney General) (“Vermont”) and Moretown Landfill, Inc. (“MLI”) entered into a Consent Order and Final Judgment Order (“Consent Order”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) issued a May 11th Order addressing a proposed medical waste process facility. See Order No. 6851 18. The Order provides that the Three Rivers Regional Solid...more
I undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Developments: 2017-2018 (“Presentation”) ...more