On April 27, 2020, EPA released the draft risk evaluation of perchloroethylene. According to EPA, it reviewed 68 conditions of use and preliminarily found unreasonable risk to workers, occupational non-users (ONUs), consumers, bystanders, and the environment from certain uses. EPA notes that if its final risk evaluation finds there are unreasonable […]
The Massachusetts Legislature has enacted a legal framework for municipal boards, including conservation commissions, to receive and process applications, conduct meetings and hearings, make and issue decisions, take enforcement actions, and otherwise function during the state of emergency declared by Governor Baker on March 10, 2020.1 The legislation is Chapter […]
COVID-19 UPDATE April 27, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF Special Alert By notice dated April 24, 2020, NJDEP Commissioner Catherine McCabe issued a temporary rule to extend most of the regulatory deadlines and mandatory time frames established under the NJDEP Site Remediation Program for 90 days. The extension only applies […]
By Luke H. Legere, McGregor & Legere, P.C. April 26, 2020 In a recent decision with far-reaching implications for owners of contaminated property, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, often referred to as the federal Superfund law) does not preclude claims […]
April 23, 2020 Megan A. Elliott MGKF Litigation Blog Today, the Supreme Court altered Clean Water Act jurisprudence when it vacated and remanded a closely-watched Ninth Circuit decision which pertained to the federal government’s authority to oversee of the migration of pollution through groundwater to navigable waters. See County of Maui, Hawaii […]