On March 28, 2023, the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA Administrator Michael Regan was the Committee’s only witness. As reported in our March 14, 2023, blog item, […]
March 30, 2023 Bryan P. Franey, Esq. and Jessica D. Hunt, Esq. MGKF Special Alert Updated March 30, 2023 with posted hearing datesIn mid-March EPA proposed regulations to establish new maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) and new and revised maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) for six PFAS compounds: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic […]
March 28, 2023 Brielle A. Brown MGKF Litigation Blog EPA’s Clean Air Act (“CAA”) rulemakings directed at power plants are often the target of regulatory challenges in federal court. EPA’s latest rulemaking regulating Hazardous Air Pollutant (“HAP”) emissions from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units (“EGUs”) is unlikely […]
A critical element in addressing environmental justice concerns is understanding the legal tools available to both EPA and the local permitting authority to address environmental justice concerns during the permitting process. EPA’s Office of General Counsel issued guidance entitled “EPA Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice” in May 2022. The […]
March 20, 2023 USDA Announces New Framework to Help Guide Investments in Projects Addressing Water Supply, Climate Change in the West In furtherance of its efforts to address the considerable challenges related to water scarcity in the West, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled the Western Water and Working […]