Senate Committee Holds Hearing on EPA Nominees for Assistant Administrator for Mission Support and Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance On September 15, 2021, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominees, including Amanda Howe, nominated for Assistant […]
Sep 20, 2021
Environmental Law & Policy Alerts – September 20, 2021 – Update from Somach, Simmons & Dunn
September 20, 2021 Federal District Court Denies Environmental Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction Regarding Sacramento River Valley Groundwater Program On September 14, 2021, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California denied preliminary injunctive relief requested by three environmental advocacy groups (Plaintiffs) seeking to bar the U.S. […]
Available On-Demand: “PFAS Reporting Rules — What Every Company Needs to Know” Webinar, Presented September 9: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to offer the recording and slides from our “PFAS Reporting Rules — What Every Company Needs to Know,” webinar focusing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) […]
September 10, 2021 Zachary J. Koslap MGKF Litigation Blog On September 3, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, vacated the lower court’s determination that liability for remediating the environmental harm associated with a groundwater plume was divisible under Section 107 of CERCLA. In Von Duprin LLC v. Major […]
September 8, 2021 How Promoting Prescribed Burns May Improve Water Quality in the Long Term The California Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 332, which would increase legal protections for professionals responsible for setting prescribed burns – or “the planned application and confinement of fire” to a specified area for the […]