COVID-19 UPDATE May 12, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF NewsFlash Under Executive Order 136 issued May 2, 2020, Governor Murphy extended and paused the running of certain statutory time frames applicable to a variety of NJDEP programs under which agency permits or other approvals are issued beginning on March 9, […]
May 11, 2020 Maria C. Salvemini MGKF Litigation Blog On May 4, 2020, the Third Circuit issued a precedential opinion affirming the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey’s decision that the United States Government (the “Government”) is not liable as an operator under the Comprehensive Environmental […]
Term 91 Curtailments Expected; Other Water Rights Curtailments UnlikelyDuring the May 5, 2020 State Water Resources Control Board Meeting, Staff and Board members provided an update on prospective water rights curtailments for 2020. … Read More Written by Ellen M. Simmons
By: Olympia Bowker, Esq. May 7, 2020 On April 20th, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund et al., No. 18-260, 590 U.S. __ (April 23, 2020), ruling that the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) may require a permit when a point […]
On May 5, 2020, GAO released a report updating its open priority recommendations for EPA. In its April 2020 report, GAO identified seven additional priority recommendations for EPA, concerning management of climate change risk and ensuring cybersecurity at EPA, bringing the total number of open priority recommendations to 21. For more information […]