Legal Alerts

March 18, 2024 On March 14, 2024, the New Jersey Senate Environment & Energy Committee voted to pass a potentially paradigm shifting constitutional amendment—known as the New Jersey Green Amendment—out of committee. The Amendment seeks to add certain environmental rights and environmental justice obligations to Article I of the New Jersey Constitution. Specifically, […]

March 18, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published two proposed rules that would allow the agency to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other emerging chemicals of concern under certain aspects of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste program. Specifically, these rulemakings, if […]

by Michelle Diffenderfer and Katherine L. Hupp March 15, 2024  On Friday, March 8th Judge Randolph Moss, who previously issued an Order vacating Florida’s Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Program, ordered parties to meet for a status conference on April 4th to discuss next steps.  Following Judge Moss’s February 15th decision to vacate Florida’s […]

MARCH 15, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released on March 14, 2024, a report entitled Building a Resilient Biomass Supply: A Plan to Enable the Bioeconomy in America, “a plan that will boost biomass supply chain resiliency for domestic biobased… Read More Here ABOUT THE FIRMB&C®  helps companies making […]

Posted by Eric L. Hiser, 10 On February 22, 2024, EPA released a pre-publication draft of its proposed rule on “Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and… Read More Here