January 21, 2020 Garrett D. Trego MGKF Litigation Blog On January 15, 2020, Judge Gerald J. Pappert of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed two groups of private plaintiffs’ claims against the United States Navy regarding perfluorocarbon contamination, PFOS and PFOA, in drinking water supplies around former Navy facilities in […]
January 31, 2020 Waters of the United States Redefined: EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Announce Navigable Waters Protection Rule On Thursday, January 23, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (collectively, “Agencies”) announced the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (Final Rule), providing […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update January 30, 2020 Federal DOE Announces More Than $96 Million In Funding For Bioenergy R&D On January 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of more than $96 million in funding for bioenergy research and development (R&D) in support of the […]
On December 10, 2019, the U.S. Senate received and read twice the Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019 (Act). Passed by the U.S. House of Representatives one day prior to the Senate’s review, the Act — H.R. 2051 — if approved, will establish an interagency working group led by […]
January 28, 2020; Eric K. Hiser, Esq. On January 13, 2020, EPA issued its newest update under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (FCPIAA), as amended by the FCPIAA Improvements Act of 2015, which adjusts penalties for inflation. Under the newest update, the statutory maximum for NSR […]