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Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - June 2025

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On May 23, President Donald Trump announced that he was recommending a new “straight 50% tariff” on all goods from the European Union beginning June 1. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he hoped this decision would “light...more

Goldberg Segalla

EPA Finishes Risk Evaluation of 1,4-Dioxane under TSCA, Initiates Risk-Management Actions

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Over the last six years, our firm has written extensively about 1,4-Dioxane, from U.S. EPA’s proclamations to state laws and regulations, litigation, and distinctions between federal and state perspectives. (see compilation...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Administrator Nominee Advances to Senate for Confirmation Vote: Nomination Hearing Highlights

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) on January 23, 2025, advanced the nomination of Lee Zeldin to the full Senate for a vote to confirm him as the next Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection...more

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Transition Team: Association of Clean Water Administrators/National Association of Clean Air...

Ten national organizations that represent state, tribal, and local partners transmitted a January 6th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency Transition Team offering assistance to the second Trump...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

EPA-pocalypse Now!

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A second Trump administration is likely to bring sweeping changes to environmental regulatory and enforcement agendas. During the first Trump term, his administration focused on significant deregulation in...more

King & Spalding

The Trifecta: What to Expect from a Second Trump Administration and a Republican Congress

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Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more

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FY 2024-2025 National Program Guidance/U.S. EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance: National Association of Clean Air...

The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) sent a September 29th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) providing comments on the federal agency’s FY 2024-2025 National Program...more

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Environmental Notes - April 2023

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EPA’s Big Plans for 2023: Top Air Rulemakings We Are Watching - An environmental lawyer walks into a cocktail party. An often-asked question is: What is happening at EPA in your world? What should we be watching that...more

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EPA’s FY2024 Budget Request Emphasizes Continued Focus on Climate, Environmental Justice, and Infrastructure

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Executive branch priorities are clearly set out in agency budget requests. While the amount budgeted generally changes when Congress has its say, the original request provides unique insight into how agencies perceive what...more

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Biden Administration Fiscal Year Proposed 2024 Budget: $12 Billion Requested for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a March 9th news release addressing the Biden Administration’s fiscal year 2024 budget request. The Biden Administration is requesting $12 billion in...more

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results: Fiscal Year 2022 Report

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a document titled: Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2022 (“Report”)...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - July 2022

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Supreme Court restricts EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions - Associated Press - June 30 - In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited the extent of the U.S....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Summary of Latest Federal Action Regarding PFAS

A few considerations practitioners should keep in mind when dealing with contamination involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. The PFAS Action Act of 2021 passed in the House and was received in...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - January 2022 #2

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UC study finds safe drinking water remains out of reach for many Californians - NBC Bay Area – January 12 - An estimated 371,000 Californians -- about 1% of the state's residents -- rely on drinking water that may contain...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - July 2021 #5

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California drafts safe limits for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water - Chemical & Engineering News – July 23 - A July 22 draft report from the California Environmental Protection Agency would set a science-based safe...more

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No Vacatur, No Protection, No Deference and No Discretion: Important End-of-Summer Environmental Decisions

As the end of summer approaches, the courts have provided a potpourri of relevant environmental decisions. FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL - Town of Weymouth, et al. v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) -...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Environmental Update - June 2020 (Issue 15)

Air - Public Comment Request - 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Emissions Inventory & Emissions Statement Program - Butler, Clermont, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Hamilton, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit, and...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - February 2020

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Governor Newsom proposes new plan for San Joaquin River Delta - Governor Gavin Newsom revealed a novel approach Tuesday to managing the San Joaquin River Delta that would keep more water in the fragile delta while restoring...more

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PFAS Bill Passes House Committee

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On November 20, 2019, the “PFAS Action Act of 2019” (H.R. 535) (the “PFAS Bill”) passed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The PFAS Bill, eighteen subchapters long, says a great deal: most importantly, one year after...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Environmental Update - November 2019 (Issue 8)

ANNOUNCEMENTS - Air - Stakeholder Input Requested on Potential New Rules - Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Program Rules: Ohio EPA is requesting stakeholder input on potential new rules in the Ohio Administrative Code...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2019 #2

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Focus - Half Moon Bay Ritz-Carlton ordered to stop impeding beach access - San Francisco Chronicle – June 13 - The California Coastal Commission on Thursday fined the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay $1.6 million—the...more

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Future Environmental Rulemaking Proceedings Listed in the Spring 2019 Unified Federal Agenda

The latest federal regulatory agenda has been released, which, among other matters, lists proposed and projected environmental regulatory proceedings being considered by different departments and agencies. ...more

Downey Brand LLP

U.S. EPA Region 9 Enforcement Priorities Revealed

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Ever since President Trump took office in January 2017, several questions have arisen within the environmental community regarding how his administration will change the legal and enforcement priorities of the United States...more

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Administration's Infrastructure Plan Supports Reuse of Brownfields and Superfund Sites

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• The Trump Administration released an ambitious $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Feb. 12, 2018 – a plan that includes many provisions focused upon encouraging the reuse of contaminated brownfields and Superfund sites. ...more

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FY 2019 President's Budget Request: Relevant Programmatic Figures

Various state environmental agency organizations have commented on the fiscal year 2019 President’s Budget Request (“Budget”). The organizations addressing the Budget include: The National Association of Clean Air...more

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