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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Penalties Compliance

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Environmental Auditing and Penalty Mitigation under the Trump Administration

For companies that are subject to environmental regulation, the Trump Administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or ​“the Agency”) Audit Policy presents an opportunity to reduce enforcement risks while...more

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112(r)/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Santa Ana, California Chemical Supplier Enter into Expedited...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gallade Chemical, Inc. (“GCI”) entered into a July 11th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations implementing...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Compression Station...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Merit Energy Company, LLC (“Merit”) entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Complaint/Compliance Order Addressing Isabel, South Dakota Facility

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) filed a Complaint, Compliance Order, and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing (“Complaint”) on June 16th to Jack’s Service Center (“JSC”) for alleged violations of the...more

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Second Trump Administration: Environmental Integrity Project Report Predicts Drop in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) issued a December 16th report titled: EPA Enforcement Could Drop Sharply in Second Trump Administration, After Improvements Under Biden (“Report”)....more

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Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2024: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issue Report

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on December 5th a press release publishing a report titled: Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2024 (“Report”)....more

Oberheiden P.C.

EPA Litigation Defense in 2024: Strategies for Companies Facing Civil or Criminal Penalties

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for enforcing the federal laws, regulations, and Executive Orders focused on protecting the environment for the benefit of the American people, threatened and...more

White and Williams LLP

A Changing Climate: the Rising Tide of ESG Liability and Implications for D&O Coverage

The latest legal buzzword, ESG, represents the environmental, social and governance factors that many corporations are now required to consider and disclose alongside traditional financial information such as operating...more

Bracewell LLP

EPA Updates Its Audit Policy with "eDisclosure"

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On June 10, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hosted a webinar describing a plan to modernize the implementation of its April 11, 2000 Audit Policy. The plan – called eDisclosure – attempts to provide a...more

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