Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and The Acta Group (Acta®) are pleased to announce that Heather F. Collins, M.S., has joined our firms as a Regulatory Consultant. Ms. Collins has nearly two decades of experience developing, implementing, and managing environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) compliance for global chemical and chemical […]
Aug 4, 2017
Biobased and Renewable Products Update
Published August 3, 2017 On July 26, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its analysis of the upstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to the production of sugar beets for use as a biofuel feedstock. EPA considered a scenario in which non-cellulosic beet sugar is extracted for conversion […]
Aug 3, 2017
California Supreme Court Determines that CEQA Applies to Railroad Projects Undertaken by State Agencies
In a decision that could have lasting impacts on future litigation over California High Speed Rail, the California Supreme Court held last week that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is not preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA). The case, Friends of the Eel River […]
On June 27, 2017, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (GWU) held a day-long “TSCA Reform: One Year Later” conference at the GWU campus exploring the federal government’s implementation of […]
Jul 27, 2017
Draft EPA OECA National Program Manager Guide Lays Out NSR and Other Enforcement Priorities for FY2018-2019
July 24, 2017 | Eric L. Hiser On June 28, 2017, EPA issued its “FY 2018-2019 National Program Manager (NPM) Guidance for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance”. The National Program Manager guidance is “a preliminary planning document and reflects the most current information available regarding specific programmatic commitments […]