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Maryland Offshore Wind Project/New Source Review: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenge Filed

The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City and the Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland (collectively, “Petitioners”) filed on July 8th before the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals...more

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Underground Injection Control: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition for Review Filed Challenging Three Michigan Brine...

Flow Water Advocates (“FWA”) filed a pleading before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board styled: PETITION FOR REVIEW OF UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PERMITS ISSUED AND...more

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State Control of Injection Well Permitting Stays in Focus Amid Legal Challenges Over CCS Infrastructure

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Key Takeaways - - EPA is evaluating the Texas Railroad Commission's formal primacy application. If granted, Texas will assume primary enforcement authority—or primacy—over Class VI wells. - Carbon capture and storage...more

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Underground Injection Control/Class II-D: Three Rivers Waterkeeper U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenge to Allegheny...

Protect PT and Three Rivers Waterkeeper (collectively, “Three Rivers”) filed a document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board styled: Petition for Review by Protect...more

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Bacteria Effluent Limits/Logan International Airport: Massachusetts Port Authority Petitions U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board...

The Massachusetts Port Authority (“Authority”) filed a September 20th document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) styled: Petition for Review of...more

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EPA Removes Emergency Affirmative Defense for Title V Air Permits

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On July 21, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a long-awaited final rule that will make it difficult for sources to continue to rely on an “emergency” to avoid liability for permit violations under...more

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Does EPA Have Authority to Include Narrative Criteria in NPDES Permits? Yes, For Now.

Earlier this week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed EPA’s NPDES permit issued to San Francisco’s Oceanside sewer system. San Francisco had challenged the permit on the ground that EPA does not have authority to...more

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Zoning and Development Newsletter - July 2023

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Sullivan's Permitting & Land Use Practice Group and Litigation Department have released the second issue of their Zoning and Development Newsletter. The publication aims to provide our firm's clients and others interested...more

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Underground Injection Control/California Power Generation Plant: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition for Review

Panoche Energy Center, LLC, (“PEC”) filed an October 28th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging certain conditions of...more

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Natural Gas Compressor Station: Petition Filed Before U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenging Title V Permit Renewal...

Harvest Four Corners, LLC, (“Harvest”) submitted a Petition for Review (“Petition”) on October 11th before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”). The Petition...more

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, POTW/Clean Water Act: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition Challenging NPDES Permit Conditions

The City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, (“Portsmouth”) filed a September 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board. The Petition...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates Environmental Regulation Related to the States’ Enforcement Rights Under the Federal Clean Water Act

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SCOTUS Shadow Docket Reinstates Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rule - In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court reinstated a Trump-era environmental regulation related to the States’ enforcement rights under the federal...more

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Best Available Control Technology/Clean Air Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Natural-Gas-Fired Turbine Air...

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a December 17th Decision the issuance of an air permit by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) to Algonquin Gas...more

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NPDES Permit/Clean Water Act: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition Filed Challenging Massachusetts City's Phosphorus...

OARS, Inc. (“OARS”) filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging a provision addressing phosphorus in a Clean Water...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

NSR Enforcement Lives On (For Now) — A Split Decision for Ameren

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has largely affirmed a District Court order finding that Ameren Missouri violated the NSR provisions of the Clean Air Act in making major modifications to its Rush Island facility. The...more

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Petroleum Storage Tank Terminal/Federal Citizen Suit Action: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Doctrine of Primary Jurisdiction

The Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit (“Court of Appeals”) addressed an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Conservation Law...more

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Federally Permitted Releases/CERCLA: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether a Clean Air Act Permit Notification Qualifies

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) in a June 21st Opinion interpreted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) or (“Superfund”) phrase...more

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EPA Withdrawal of Its Proposed Veto of a 404 Permit Is Reviewable — This Should Not Be Earth-shattering News

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that EPA’s decision to withdraw its proposed veto of the Army Corps’ Section 404 permit for the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, was subject to judicial review. ...more

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Liability for Invalid State Agency Permit Decisions: Is the Regulated Party Left Holding the Bag?

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Regulated parties who comply with their permit sometimes get an unwelcome surprise. They meet with their state agency, make full disclosure about their discharges or emissions, and then the state agency makes decisions about...more

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EPA Narrowly Defines Discharges into Groundwater that Are Subject to Clean Water Act Permitting

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Draft guidance from the US Environmental Protection Agency provides a clearer look at how the agency intends to apply the US Supreme Court's "functional equivalent" analysis to determine when National Pollutant Discharge...more

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US EPA issues draft guidance regarding NPDES permitting requirements following Maui Supreme Court decision

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On December 8, 2020, U.S. EPA announced issuance of draft guidance to clarify its view of how the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund decision should be applied to its Clean Water Act National...more

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Natural Gas Compressor Station/Title V Permit: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to NESHAP Permit Condition

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a September 2nd Order a Petition filed by MPLX challenging a permit condition that the federal agency placed in a...more

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MS4/NPDES Permit: City of Little Rock and Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Enter...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Little Rock (“Little Rock”) entered into a June 19th Permit Appeal Resolution (“PAR”) addressing a previously filed...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge Based on Alleged Invalidity of Preconstruction Permit

The United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a May 29th decision a challenge to a Clean Air Act (“Act”) Title V Permit issued to an ExxonMobil Baytown, Texas Olefin plant (“Plant”). See...more

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Supreme Court Ruling Expands Reach of Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting

In April, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling clarifying the reach of the federal Clean Water Act. The Court decided that a discharge of pollutants from a point source to groundwater is subject to...more

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