Category: News

Jun 1, 2022

Federal Court Dismisses State Common Law Claims as Preempted By CERCLA Consent Decree – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

May 27, 2022 Danielle N. Bagwell MGKF Litigation Blog On May 18, 2022 in York et al. v. Northrop Grumman Corp. Guidance and Electronics Co. Inc. et al., No. 21-cv-03251 (W.D. Mo.), a Missouri federal court dismissed Plaintiffs’ complaint alleging negligence, nuisance and trespass from alleged groundwater contamination, finding the claims […]

May 24, 2022

Water Law & Policy Alert – Update from Somach Simmons & Dunn

Court of Appeal Sides with Parties Seeking Attorneys’ Fees for Challenge to California WaterFix Project Siding with public agencies and environmental groups who filed numerous legal challenges to the “twin tunnel” Delta conveyance project known as California WaterFix, the Third District Court of Appeal today unanimously held that the trial […]

May 23, 2022

Proposed CBI Rule Addresses Purpose of New Part 703 and Requirements for Asserting a Confidentiality Claim under TSCA – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On May 12, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new and amended requirements concerning the assertion and treatment of confidential business information (CBI) claims for information reported to or otherwise obtained by EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 87 Fed. Reg. 29078. The Frank R. Lautenberg […]

May 13, 2022

NJDEP Seeks to Enhance Transparency of Site Remediation Program Through Direct Online Access to Case Documents – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

May 10, 2022 Bruce S. Katcher, Esq. MGKF Special Alert In a significant step toward increased transparency in the New Jersey Site Remediation Program (SRP), the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announced on May 9, 2022 that it was making available to the public over 375,000 SRP case […]

May 13, 2022

Philadelphia Proposes Sweeping Revisions to 40-Year-Old Air Toxics Regulations to Require Health Risk Assessments for Virtually All Permit and License Applications and Renewals – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD ENDS JUNE 1 May 10, 2022 Katherine L. Vaccaro, Esq. and Michael C. Nines, P.E., LEED AP MGKF Special Alert The City of Philadelphia Air Pollution Control Board (APCB) has approved a proposed rulemaking package from Air Management Services (AMS), an arm of the Philadelphia Department of […]