Category: News

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 20, 2020

EPA Finalizes Small Manufacturer Definition for Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements under TSCA Section 8(a) – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

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 […]

May 19, 2020

New Jersey Legislature Passes Bill to Extend Permits and Approvals Because of COVID-19 Conditions – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

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, […]

May 19, 2020

LAWS AND ORDERS ADDRESSING COVID-19 CREATE NEW UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT BEGINNING WORK ON A PROJECT: CHOICES FOR RECENT APPLICANTS AND PERMIT-HOLDERS – Update from McGregor & Legere PC

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 […]

May 18, 2020

Recent Federal Developments – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Join Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., The Environmental Law Institute, And George Washington University Milken Institute School Of Public Health For “TSCA Reform — Four Years Later” Virtual Seminar: From the current impacts of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) on science policies to challenges faced by industry, Lautenberg Implementation continues […]