This alert was first published on May 8, 2025, and has been revised based on recent developments.
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The Maryland General Assembly concluded its spring 2025 legislative session on April 7, 2025. The...more
Key Takeaways The Maryland General Assembly concluded its spring 2025 legislative session on April 7, 2025. The General Assembly spent a considerable portion of the session attending to the State’s pressing budget issues. As...more
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• What Happened?
1. MDE proposed regulations for Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS). Covered buildings would be required to measure and report energy use, and meet interim and final...more
On August 31, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will terminate its March 26, 2020 policy that provided enforcement discretion for certain types of violations due to impacts from COVID-19. The policy identified...more
EPA has recently confirmed that it is reviewing its March 26, 2020 guidance that provided enforcement discretion for certain types of violations due to impacts from COVID-19. The policy, described in a prior Beveridge and...more
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• What Happened: On April 10, 2020, EPA issued a memo, Interim Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions Due to Impacts of COVID-19, that outlines considerations for reconciling remediation schedules with the...more
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) proposed hazardous substance reporting obligations on Friday, October 31, 2014. These regulations would implement Environment Article §7-222(d), amended in 2008, requiring...more