North Carolina Proposes New Guidance for Vapor Intrusion Assessment and Mitigation -
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has drafted new and revised guidance documents for the assessment and...more
6/30/2023
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Guidance Update ,
Industrial Storm Water Permit ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
PFAS ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Storm Water ,
Stormwater Discharge Permits ,
Vapor Intrusion ,
Vapor Intrusion Guidance ,
Wastewater
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is poised to unleash in 2022 a flood of new stormwater-related regulatory actions and related procedural and technical guidance for development projects and...more
8/17/2022
/ Administrative Procedure ,
Administrative Review ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Environmental Review ,
Industrial Discharges ,
New Guidance ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Solar Farm ,
Storm Water ,
Waste Management ,
Wastewater
On March 29, 2022, Michael Rolband, the director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), issued a memorandum implementing a new and much more stringent post-development stormwater management policy for...more
The Clean Water Act (CWA) provides various means of enforcement against violators of its permitting programs, including sanctions for those guilty of criminal negligence. The chief programs in this regard are the National...more
It’s well-known that the Trump administration has sought policies of deregulation over the past several years. The administration places emphasis on proper enforcement of existing rules and regulations as a means of achieving...more
1/13/2020
/ Administrative Procedure ,
Carbon Emissions ,
CERCLA ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Gas Prices ,
Obama Administration ,
PFAS ,
Renewable Energy ,
Risk Management ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater ,
Waters of the United States
In the ever-increasing effort to control nutrient (phosphorous and nitrogen) loads into the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Virginia and other Bay states are looking for additional means to ratchet down nutrient-laden stormwater...more
7/16/2019
/ Chesapeake Bay ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
General Permit ,
Industrial Storm Water Permit ,
New Regulations ,
Pollution Control ,
Solid Waste ,
TMDL ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater
In early April 2019, Virginia released its draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (“Draft Plan”) to achieve compliance with EPA’s 2010 Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Rule (“Bay TMDL”). The Bay TMDL sets...more
The Virginia State Water Control Board (“Board”) recently approved a revised proposed regulation for the certification of non-point source nutrient credits (“NSN Credits”). The regulation now moves to the Governor’s office...more
Facility owners and operators and property developers need to meet environmental permit or performance criteria, but they also face significant compliance and logistical challenges in just managing and reporting information...more
It’s a bad day when you find out that your facility has been leaking wastewater, wastes, petroleum product or chemicals. But if the leak went into the soil and the groundwater first, rather than a nearby creek, are you liable...more
EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance recently proposed changes to its National Program Manager (NMP) Guidance that, in part, would revise EPA’s National Enforcement Initiatives (“NEIs”) for federal fiscal...more
4/27/2016
/ Air Pollution ,
Chemical Spills ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Comment Period ,
Confidential Information ,
Critical Habitat ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FOIA ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Obama Administration ,
OSHA ,
Penalties ,
Power Plants ,
Wastewater ,
Workplace Hazards
In this Issue:
- Virginia’s Draft State Water Resources Plan
- Frequent Questions: Form R Part II
- Manufacturers and Temporary Workers
- Farms and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act...more