All indicators point to a 180-degree turn from the Trump de-regulatory effort. The question becomes where will the Biden administration start? On his first day in office, President Biden published a “List of Agency Actions...more
Consistent with former administrations, the Biden administration took early actions to halt or review administrative regulations. One of the earlies administrative actions taken by the Biden administration was to freeze...more
The United States Supreme Court has expanded the authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate discharges to groundwater. The Court announced a new legal test for when discharges directly to...more
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes that work shortages, stay-in-place orders, travel restrictions, social distancing recommendations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will have an impact on...more