Category: News

Jul 27, 2017

Draft EPA OECA National Program Manager Guide Lays Out NSR and Other Enforcement Priorities for FY2018-2019

July 24, 2017 | Eric L. Hiser On June 28, 2017, EPA issued its “FY 2018-2019 National Program Manager (NPM) Guidance for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance”. The National Program Manager guidance is “a preliminary planning document and reflects the most current information available regarding specific programmatic commitments […]

Jul 14, 2017

Soil Safe, Inc., a recycling company for which Rich & Henderson acts as general counsel, successfully defended a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act’s (“RCRA”) citizen suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Camden in 2014 by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (“DRN”).

June 30, 2017 – Soil Safe, Inc., a recycling company for which Rich & Henderson acts as general counsel, successfully defended a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act’s (“RCRA”) citizen suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Camden in 2014 by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network […]

Jul 11, 2017

State NSR Program Approval Roundup: May 1 through July 5, 2017

July 10, 2017 | Eric L. Hiser This is the first of what we plan as a regular series providing updates on EPA state NSR program approval actions. This roundup includes Alabama, Alaska, California (multiple districts), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota. […]

Jul 7, 2017

Court of Appeal Holds Proposition 218 Does Not Require Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Before Filing a Lawsuit Challenging an Increase in a Fee or Charge

The California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, recently held that the California Constitutional provision governing imposition of fees and charges does not require exhaustion of administrative remedies before challenging a fee or charge in court. Plantier v. Ramona Municipal Water Dist., Case No. D069798, 2017 Cal.App. LEXIS 542 (Ct. […]