Biobased and Renewable Products Update August 4, 2022 Federal USDA Will Propose To Codify BioPreferred® Guidance According to an item in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Unified Agenda, which was published on June 21, 2022, USDA intended to publish in June 2022 a proposed rule that would codify BioPreferred […]
August 2, 2022 MGKF Summer Associate Nik Hansen MGKF Litigation Blog The State of Delaware brought claims against former PCB manufacturer Monsanto Company for the environmental contamination caused by PCB products in Delaware waterways. On July 11, 2022, in State of Delaware v. Monsanto Co., C.A. No. N21C-09-179, the Delaware Superior Court […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Program held a webinar on July 27, 2022, to provide an in-depth look at its analysis of common issues that cause EPA to have to reconduct risk assessments (“rework”) of new chemicals. As reported in our June 27, 2022, memorandum, in June […]
Jul 27, 2022
The Utah Watershed Councils Act: Developing Local Solutions for Local Water Users – Update from Smith Hartvigsen
How often have you seen state-level solution proposed for, or imposed upon, a localized water issue? How successful have those solutions been, when compared to those developed locally? If you are a state agency employee or stakeholder that worked to develop those solutions, what if a local forum, with strong […]
Jul 25, 2022
NPL Listing Upheld for Groundwater Plume with No Identified Source – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox
July 20, 2022 MGKF Summer Associate Kelly Hanna MGKF Litigation Blog In United States v. ERR, LLC, No. 21-30028 (5th Cir. May 26, 2022), the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Seventh Amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial for defendants facing subrogation and recoupment claims under the Oil Pollution Act of […]