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EPA Issues Immediately Effective Rule Amending RCRA Definition of Solid Waste Responding to July 2017 and March 2018 orders issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 30, 2018, issued a final rule revising the Definition of […]
May 30, 2018
Fifth District Court of Appeal to Hear Restore Hetch Hetchy’s Appeal of Preemption and Statute of Limitations Issues
May 30, 2018 Fifth District Court of Appeal to Hear Restore Hetch Hetchy’s Appeal of Preemption and Statute of Limitations Issues Today, the Fifth District Court of Appeal will hear oral argument in Restore Hetch Hetchy v. City and County of San Francisco. Although the lawsuit is based on the […]
Fri May 25th, On Environmental Law, by Ryan DuBose Many states have counterpart statutes to the federal CERCLA, or Superfund, statute. Though these statutes generally have the same purpose: to ensure the cleanup of sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to allow for recovery of natural resource damages caused by those substances, and […]
May 30, 2018
EPA Issues New Ozone and PM2.5 SILs Guidance
Posted by Eric Hiser, May 28, 2018 On April 17, 2018, Peter Tsirigotis, Director of the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) issued a guidance memorandum, “Guidance on Significant Impact Levels for Ozone and Fine Particles in the Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permitting Program,” (Guidance) which establishes EPA’s […]