Where Things Stand with OSHA’s Planned Hazardous Heat Regulations June 5, 2024 Several years ago, OSHA announced an intention to pass workplace safety regulations addressing indoor and outdoor hazardous heat. While OSHA has not finalized those regulations yet, it is getting closer, checking the boxes necessary to get a final […]
June 3, 2024 IDWR Issues Unprecedented Order Curtailing Widespread ESPA Ground Water Users On May 30, 2024, the Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) issued a Final Order Curtailing Ground Water Rights Junior to March 31, 1954 (Curtailment Order) as part of his administration of the ongoing […]
May 21, 2024 IDWR’s Development of a Ground Water Management Plan for the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer A prior alert provided an overview of various administrative matters before the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) that share a common theme: increasing the regulation of pumping by junior ground water users […]
by Michelle Diffenderfer and Katherine L. Hupp On Monday May 20, 2024, a three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (“D.C. Circuit”) denied Florida’s request to reinstate its Clean Water Act Section 404 assumed permitting program. As a result, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) will continue to process 404 […]
May 16, 2024 Last month, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule establishing, for the first time, nationwide limits on the presence of six types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. This new National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) set maximum contaminant levels […]