Category: News

Jul 11, 2023

EPA’s Email Does Not Constitute A Final Agency Action, Tenth Circuit Finds – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

July 7, 2023 Jessica D. Hunt MGKF Special Alert In Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company, LLC v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, No. 22-9530 (10th Cir. July 5, 2023),  the Honorable Scott M. Matheson, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed a petition for review filed […]

Jun 29, 2023

Sixth Circuit Holds Government Was Not An “Operator” of Refineries Under CERCLA – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

June 29, 2023 Danielle N. Bagwell MGKF Litigation Blog On June 23, 2023, in MRP Properties Company LLC v. United States, No. 22-1789, 2023 WL 4141227 (6th Cir. June 15, 2023), the Sixth Circuit decided that despite having directed production at refineries during World War II, the United States government did not […]

Jun 29, 2023

Environmental Law & Policy Alerts – Update from Somach Simmons & Dunn

June 28, 2023 United States Supreme Court Redefines the Scope of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court (Supreme Court) issued its decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., Case No. 21-454, reversing the United States […]

Jun 27, 2023

EPA NSR Rule Plans for 2023 – Update from Hiser Joy

Posted by Eric L. Hiser, Esq. In the semiannual regulatory agenda publication and at the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, EPA representatives announced major regulatory development and/or guidance objectives for 2023 and early 2024. Several of these initiatives potentially impact the new source […]

Jun 16, 2023

Environmental Law & Policy Alerts – Update from Somach Simmons & Dunn

June 15, 2023 State Water Resources Control Board Considering Amendments to the Bay-Delta Plan to Incorporate Tribal Beneficial Uses The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary Water Quality Control Plan (Bay-Delta Plan) is currently undergoing its periodic review of updates and amendments by the State Water Resources Control Board (State […]