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 […]
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 […]
June 30, 2017 – Soil Safe, Inc., a recycling company for which Rich & Henderson acts as general counsel, successfully defended a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act’s (“RCRA”) citizen suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Camden in 2014 by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network […]
July 10, 2017 | Eric L. Hiser This is the first of what we plan as a regular series providing updates on EPA state NSR program approval actions. This roundup includes Alabama, Alaska, California (multiple districts), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota. […]