Welcome to the May edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a periodic update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover: Healey Administration unveils new energy bill....more
5/15/2025
/ Bond Financing ,
Clean Energy ,
Drinking Water ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
PFAS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Utilities Sector
Welcome to the April edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a periodic update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover: EPA is changing the meaning of “waters of the United States.”...more
4/30/2025
/ Clean Water Act ,
Contamination ,
Deregulation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Guidance Update ,
Hazardous Substances ,
MassDEP ,
PFAS ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sackett v EPA ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
Welcome to the November edition of Nutter's Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law. What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for Massachusetts' Energy and Environment...more
11/7/2024
/ Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Election Results ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
NPDES ,
Trump Administration ,
Waters of the United States
Welcome to the September edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover ...more
Welcome to the August edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law.
This month we cover: EPA’s new Facility Response Plan requirements for potential...more
8/12/2024
/ Clean Water Act ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Jurisdiction ,
Navigable Waters ,
NRDC ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Spills ,
Sackett v EPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Storm Water ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Wetlands
Welcome to the July edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a monthly update of current trends in environment and energy law. The Supreme Court has been busy lately, issuing several opinions that will impact...more
7/3/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Air Quality Standards ,
Chevron Deference ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Jury Trial ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Ozone ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Statute of Limitations
We are pleased to introduce the inaugural issue of the Real Estate Round Up, a monthly update on current trends, with the first month focusing on Environment and Energy insights. This month’s edition features key topics such...more
5/3/2024
/ Batteries ,
CERCLA ,
Drinking Water ,
Energy Storage ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
NPDES ,
Offshore Wind ,
PFAS ,
Renewable Energy ,
Rivers ,
Stormwater Discharge Permits ,
Watershed
On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (the “Regulation”) which established legally enforceable levels called Maximum Contaminant Levels...more
4/22/2024
/ Contamination ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
PFAS ,
Public Health ,
Public Utility ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Water
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a final rule revising the meaning of “waters of the United States” under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). The revised...more
9/1/2023
/ Clean Water Act ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Inland Waterways ,
Navigable Waters ,
Sackett ,
Sackett v EPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Significant Nexus Test ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
The Supreme Court, on May 25, 2023, addressed the longstanding issue of how to determine when a wetland is subject to jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”). In Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, a 5-4...more
On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it will seek to promulgate new rules for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), also known as “forever chemicals,” in public water...more
3/20/2023
/ Contamination ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
PFAS ,
Public Health ,
Public Safety ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Wastewater
On April 20, 2020, in Atlantic Richfield Company v. Christian (ARCO v. Christian or ARCO), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal Superfund law does not preclude individuals from filing state claims for further cleanup of...more
4/30/2020
/ Atlantic Richfield Co v Christian ,
CERCLA ,
Clean-Up Costs ,
Common Law Claims ,
Conflicts of Laws ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Groundwater ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Land Owners ,
MT Supreme Court ,
Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Site Remediation ,
Soil ,
State Law Claims ,
Superfund
Last week, the Supreme Court addressed a longstanding issue about whether pollutants discharged to groundwater but that eventually reach a navigable water of the United States are subject to federal regulation under the Clean...more
4/29/2020
/ Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Direct Discharge ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
Functional Equivalent ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Waters of the United States