Environmental News Bits

MARCH 26, 2024

A coalition of national water sector associations testified before the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee last week on the implications of listing certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

During his tenure, Secretary Negrin announced and was implementing-- -- A 10-point plan to speed permit reviews; -- A new Environmental Justice Strategy; -- A new Customer Service Strategy; -- A new Enforcement Strategy; and -- Put a priority on dealing with Climate Change. Click Here for more details. Read more here.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Mandelbaum, a member of the firm’s Environmental Practice , has a career that spans four decades. A fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers, he has worked on matters concerning the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act since 1993 and has spoken and written on the subject.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 13, 2022

EPA forwarded to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposed rule that seeks to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as “hazardous substances” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 17, 2022

In April 2022, BOEM issued a Consistency Determination for the Morro Bay WEA — as required by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Consistency Regulations — and, just last week, the California Coastal Commission (the Commission) conditionally concurred with this determination.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2022

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County supports environmentally responsible wind and other renewable energy development as an important measure to combat climate change. However, environmentally responsible wind energy development starts with siting turbines where impacts to wildlife and people can be minimized.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 4, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that claim to recycle plastic waste into fuel.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 20, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the federal register an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public input to inform its decision whether to designate additional per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under Section 102(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, … (..)

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

A case from the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided earlier this month reminds us that even if the cleanup meets every requirement of the regulators, the neighbor may still have claims for more. West Virginia State University Board of Governors v. Dow Chemical Co. , No 20-1712 (4 th Cir.

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Brag

MARCH 31, 2023

According to ASTM International’s article , standard test methods for determining the biobased content of solid, liquid, and gaseous samples using radiocarbon analysis ( D6866 ) allows industry, regulators, and government to determine experimentally the percent biobased carbon present in a product or fuel.

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

CERLCA imposes a joint and several liability scheme that holds certain entities ( e.g. , certain owners and operators, generators, arrangers, and transporters of hazardous substances) liable for the costs or damages associated with environmental remediation. Pursuant to court order, EPA must finalize this regulation by December 2, 2020.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 25, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law. 9601) and petroleum products.” Importantly, the ASTM E1527 is recognized by the U.S. This new text only exacerbates a prior bad word choice.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, … Continue reading Tackling PFAS with Superfund law risks shifting costs to public.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

When your neighbor’s property is contaminated, the environmental regulators may want access to your property to investigate whether the contamination has affected your property. You may have business reasons not to want to allow that access. Interestingly, the landlord apparently did not tell the dealership of EPA’s request for a year.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

17 Webinar On Exploring Oil & Gas Industrialization Impacts On Watersheds [PaEN] -- Bay To Bay News Guest Essay: New Rules Regulating High-Volume Fracturing Wastewater In Shared Delaware River Waters - Steve Tambini, Delaware River Basin Commission -- Bob Donnan’s Blog: Has Anything Changed? 17 [PaEN] -- DCNR Announces $19.4

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A Greener Life

APRIL 28, 2022

Brands often use images of nature and the colour green just to hint at environmental responsibility, without actually attempting any such thing. A product may be marginally better than others, but something that could never be environmentally benign. Appearances are meaningless. Consider the bigger picture.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Well Done Process, which does not include any public funding, creates a strategic partnership among regulators, surface owners and adoptive parties, leading to a safe and seamless system that provides cost-effective and lasting results that improve the environment while working with the industry in a transparent structure that delivers value to (..)

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Acoel

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Phase I environmental site assessments (“Phase I ESAs”) play an important part in real estate due diligence and can constitute “ All Appropriate Inquiry ” (“AAI”) under the liability protections afforded by the U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and analogous state laws. .

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 20, 2023

By offering accessible financing, positive cash flow, increased property value, and significant environmental impact, commercial PACE is poised to revolutionize the way we pay for sustainability in the commercial real estate that cuts across all sectors. The webinar is complimentary, but you must register here.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2021

Research shows most consumers are less willing to buy from a company that doesn’t take its environmental responsibilities seriously. Regulating Bitcoin would be difficult due to its decentralised nature; there’s no company to “fine” for breaking the rules. A company accepting Bitcoin may also risk being shunned by investors.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A huge supporter of air quality data visualization, Jeff works with both individuals and larger organizations including industry groups and policymakers to help translate air quality research and enable making more informed, environmentally responsible decisions. Tim Smedley - Sustainability Journalist.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

On December 15, 2022, EPA took final action to amend the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule to reference ASTM International’s E1527-21 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process” and allow for its use to satisfy the requirements for conducting all appropriate inquiries under the Comprehensive Environmental (..)

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 5, 2021

in a state where the majority of rain in cities and towns flows into storm drains dumping into the Pacific Ocean), including a draft emergency regulation that among other things makes washing a car without a shut-off nozzle punishable by a fine. This looming water curb and excessively severe public policy (.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Environmental impact assessments – Environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act and its state counterparts should consider the climate conditions expected at the end of a project’s useful life, not just at the start, to help ensure the project can withstand those conditions.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2022

As a result of reintroduction efforts, legal protection, improved habitat quality, and regulated harvest, otter populations rebounded during the mid- to late 1900s. From 1982-2004, the Pennsylvania River Otter Reintroduction Project released 153 otters into eight water systems in central and western Pennsylvania.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

India has “[balanced] its economic needs with its environmental responsibility” by continuously increasing its forest and tree cover over the past few decades – one of the few countries where this has been seen, he adds. The country has tried to tout its credentials in other climate-friendly areas throughout the years.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 17, 2022

EPA proposed amending the All Appropriate Inquiries rule to reference ASTM International’s E1527-21 standard practice as a “direct final” rule without a prior proposed rule.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law, something that is expected to happen by rulemaking at some point in 2022. 9601) and petroleum products.”. But importantly, the new ASTM E1527-21 is Not yet recognized by the U.S.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 7, 2023

Citing Citizens for Environmental Responsibility v. State ex rel. 2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 4th 555, 568 (my 11/30/15 post on which can be found here ), and Holden v. City of San Diego (2019) 43 Cal.App.5th 5th 404, 413 (my 1/16/20 post on which can be found here ).)

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 16, 2022

Green Building Council associated vendor claims, “the benefits of renewable energy are well understood by the general public, and so pursuing this credit can help you advertise your commitment to environmental responsibility.” That statement is problematic and any related advertisement requires caution to not run afoul of the FTC.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Officials at a California agency charged with regulating oil extraction in the state created fake records lacking required environmental impact analyses in order to authorize drilling permits, while maintaining substantial financial investments in companies that received the permits.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the absence of regulations or policies that would rein them in, cities and states have turned to the courts. They engaged in large-scale, sophisticated advertising and public relations campaigns to promote pervasive fossil fuel usage and to portray fossil fuels as environmentally responsible and essential to human well-being.”.

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Acoel

JULY 19, 2021

The proposed changes are likely to create a lot of confusion about “controls” on contaminated property and could adversely impact prospective purchasers’ ability to assert their Landowner Liability Protections (“LLPs”) under the 2002 Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”).

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Many oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania were drilled before modern mapping and regulations, and Pennsylvania has an estimated 350,000 abandoned and orphaned wells. Our proposed budget also includes $1.1 million to improve the Bureau of Air Quality’s air monitoring capabilities, with particular focus on oil and gas activity.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Environmental regulation. EPA and agencies have dozens of guidance documents and regulations about analytical methods to be used for environmental samples. Based on regulations and scientific knowledge, commercial laboratories have an established suite of chemicals they typically look for in environmental samples.

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