Written by Nathaniel Stevens, Esq. MassDEP COVID-19 Wetlands FAQs for Conservation Commissions and Applicants The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MassDEP”) recently issued its much-anticipated “MassDEP COVID-19 Wetlands FAQs for Conservation Commissions and Applicants” (“FAQs”)(copy available here). Posted on May 5, 2020, they could not have come soon enough for commissions, project […]
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May 21, 2020
EPA Releases Proposed Rule Intended to Improve the Transparency of Guidance – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its “first ever” proposed rule intended to improve the transparency of guidance. According to EPA, the new rule will significantly increase the transparency of its practices around guidance and will improve its process for managing guidance documents. When final, the […]
May 19, 2020 Todd D. Kantorczyk, Maria C. Salvemini and Michael Nines, P.E., LEED AP MGKF NewsFlash On May 11, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) provided welcome relief to some small businesses confronting the possibility of cumbersome and expensive chemical data reporting in 2020 and released the signed pre-publication […]
COVID-19 UPDATE May 18, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF NewsFlash The New Jersey Legislature has passed a set of COVID-19 amendments (A3929) to the Permit Extension Act (PEA). The PEA was first enacted in 2008 to toll the running of the expiration dates of a very wide range of local, […]
Written by Nathaniel Stevens, Esq. The flurry of recent emergency executive orders and court orders, plus a new state statute, have provided needed relief and flexibility to local and state government agencies and courts to cope with the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts. At the same time, these well-intentioned […]