COVID-19 UPDATE April 10, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher, Diana A. Silva and Garrett D. Trego On April 8, Governor Murphy issued Executive Order No. 122 (EO 122) suspending all non-essential construction in the State of New Jersey, effective Friday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m., with no end date. The Governor’s […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE April 10, 2020 John F. Gullace On April 10, 2020, EPA issued its Interim Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions Due to Impacts of COVID-19 (the Guidance), concerning the potential impacts of COVID-19 on work at Superfund and RCRA corrective action sites (Sites). Although the Guidance did not […]
Rio Grande Compact Litigation: U.S. Supreme Court Special Master Dismisses Seven of New Mexico’s Counterclaims Special Master Michael Melloy issued an Order dated March 31, 2020 dismissing all but two of New Mexico’s counterclaims in the ongoing original jurisdiction action regarding Rio Grande Compact (Compact) interpretation and enforcement. In Texas […]
Biobased Products News and Policy Report April 9, 2020 Federal Senators Submit Bipartisan Letter To USDA Secretary Requesting Assistance For The Biofuel Industry On April 6, 2020, 15 United States Senators submitted a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary, Sonny Perdue, requesting the use of its […]
DC Circuit Upholds SILs Guidance Eric L. HIser April 8, 2020 On April 7, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) held in Sierra Club v. EPA, No 18-1167, that the Sierra Club’s challenge to EPA’s “Guidance on Significant Impacts Levels for Ozone and […]