Nov 26, 2019

Third Circuit Holds Contribution Action Accrues on Entry of Consent Order but Doesn’t Decide Which Limitations Period Applies – Update from Manko Gold

November 26, 2019 Shoshana (Suzanne Ilene) Schiller MGKF Litigation Blog Sometimes a movie can solve one mystery but hold off answering others, leaving viewers eager for the sequel. Legal opinions can be the same, as is the Third Circuit’s opinion in Cranbury Brick Yard, LLC v. United States, No. 18-3287 (3rd Cir. […]

Nov 25, 2019

EPA Limits Meadowbrook and Ameresco Scope – Update from Jorden, Hiser & Joy

EPA Limits Meadowbrook and Ameresco Scope November 24, 2019 | Eric L. Hiser In a July 12, 2019 letter to Commissioner Catherine McCabe of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for Air Anne Idsal appeared to limit the scope of future expansion of the Meadowbrook and Ameresco decisions on when facilities are […]

Nov 22, 2019

Biobased Products News and Policy Report – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Biobased and Renewable Products Update Federal Bicameral Bills Seek To Reform RFS On November 14, 2019, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced legislation seeking to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally […]

Nov 18, 2019

NJ Superior Court Upholds Municipal Courts’ Jurisdiction to Issue Civil Penalties Under the N.J. Spill Act – Update from Manko Gold

November 18, 2019 Garrett D. Trego MGKF Litigation Blog Thanks to amendments to the New Jersey Spill Act in the summer of 2019, and the superior court, appellate division’s recent decision in NJDEP v. Alsol Corporation, No. A-3546-17T1, — A.3d –, 2019 WL 5947024 (N.J. Super. App. Nov. 13, 2019), NJDEP […]

Nov 18, 2019

Biobased Products News and Policy Report – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

  Federal DOE Announces Funding Opportunity To Address Plastics Recycling On November 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that $12 million will be available in funds for new projects to support research and development (R&D) and education and workforce development to increase plastics recovery, recycling, reuse, and […]