On March 25, 2021, incoming EPA Administrator Michael Regan notified the U.S. Virgin Islands and Limetree Bay Terminals (LBT) that it was “withdrawing” the final plantwide applicability limit” (PAL) permit issued on December 2, 2020 to LBT. The permit had not become effective due to appeals to the Environmental Appeals […]
May 27, 2021
EPA Proposes Changes to its NPDES Construction General Permit – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox
May 27, 2021 Diana A. Silva and Zachary J. Koslap MGKF Special Alert On May 12, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice and a request for comment on the proposed 2022 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for stormwater discharges associated with construction activities. The proposed permit […]
May 27, 2021
EPA Poised to Propose TSCA Section 8(a) Reporting Rule on PFAS Chemicals – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
On March 1, 2021, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received for review under Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a proposed rule entitled “Reporting and Recordkeeping for Perfluoroalkyl or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Under Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)” (Proposed Rule). This […]
May 25, 2021
Supreme Court Tries to Set a Bright Dividing Line on CERCLA Claims, but has it? – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox
May 25, 2021 Shoshana (Suzanne Ilene) Schiller MGKF Litigation Blog Less than a month after hearing oral arguments, the United States Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Guam v. United States, Docket No. 20-382 (May 24, 2021), the eagerly anticipated opinion on whether consent decrees and administrative orders that do […]
May 24, 2021
MGKF RELEASE: Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox and More Than One-Third of Its Partners are Listed in Chambers USA 2021
Philadelphia, PA (May 24, 2021) –Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF), the environmental, energy and land use law firm based in the Philadelphia, PA region, along with more than one-third of its partners, have been recognized this year by Chambers USA 2021: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (“Chambers USA” […]