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Jenner & Block
Microplastics, plastics less than 5 millimeters in length, are becoming a growing concern due to their ubiquity and persistence in the environment and potential effects...
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Pennsylvania has an aggressive brownfields remediation program under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2), 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. Sections 6026.101 to .908.
McGlinchey Stafford
On April 17, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Pre-Publication Notice that it was submitting a final rule (Rule) for publication in the Federal Register...
Perkins Coie LLP
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Final Rule on April 19, 2024, designating two of the most common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—PFOA and PFOS...
Barnes & Thornburg
On Earth Day, April 22, the Biden administration issued its final selections for grants from the $27 billion Green Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF)...
Jenner & Block
Since 1983, Inhance has been fluorinating plastic containers using the same process, which involves the creation of a barrier to prevent substances from leaching out of the containers ...
Foley & Lardner
On April 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its long-awaited final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ...
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Last month in New York, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department delivered a victory to landfill operator Waste Management, dismissing a laundry list of tort claims arising out of a real estate...
Michael Best & Friedrich
Last week, USEPA Administrator Regan signed the final rule designating PFOA, PFOS and their salts and structural isomers as hazardous substances pursuant to Sec. 102(a)...
Dechert
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has designated PFOA and PFOS as "Hazardous Substances" under CERCLA, marking the agency's first use of Section 102(a) authority and signaling potential widespread industry impact due to the chemicals' historical and ongoing use.
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "the Agency") released details of its highly anticipated rule listing perfluorooctanoic acid ("PFOA")...
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once opined that "a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments.
Linklaters
On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") released several final rules1 that regulate emissions and require new air monitoring...
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
On Earth Day, President Joe Biden touted clean energy investments in hopes of garnering support ahead of the 2024 election.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
Mintz
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently finalized a rule to significantly reduce on-site fossil fuel–generated energy consumption in federal buildings with a required reduction of 90% for new...
Winston & Strawn LLP
On April 17, 2024, the Assistant Administrator for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) issued a new Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy.
Nossaman LLP
As detailed in Part 1 of this eAlert, on April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS).
Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease
On Friday, April 19, 2024, USEPA announced it will publish a final rule designating PFOS and PFOA as CERCLA hazardous substances (the "PFAS CERCLA Rule"). Separate from the Rule...
Steptoe LLP
Senior Women for Climate Protection secured a historic climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights, highlighting the disproportionate impact of climate change on vulnerable demographics.
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