The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published on January 13th its FY25 Solicitation Notice for its Exchange Network Grant Program (“Grant Program”). EPA initiated the Exchange Network Grant Program in...more
In 2020, President-elect Donald Trump promised to ensure that “America’s most critical infrastructure projects” would not be “tied up and bogged down by an outrageously slow and burdensome federal approval process.” Much of...more
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a group of thousands of chemicals manufactured since the 1940s for use in consumer products and industrial processes. This article presents an overview of the PFAS phenomenon. ...more
The United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (“Court”), in a June 5th opinion addressed a challenge to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s approval of an oil pipeline response plan. See National...more
In an eight-part series, we will examine initiatives outlined in recent congressional Democratic climate proposals, particularly the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation's (CLEAN) Future Act introduced...more
Yesterday, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers finalized their revisions to the definition of Waters of the United States. There’s nothing in here that everyone didn’t already know. The agencies largely sidestepped the...more
The United States Forest Service (“Service”) published a proposal in the June 13th Federal Register that contains a package of revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) regulations. See 84 Fed. Reg. 27544. ...more
On December 11, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) proposed new regulations that would sharply curtail the Corps’ permitting authority under the Clean Water...more
In This Issue: Environmental and Policy Focus - Looking ahead: Obama's second term environmental policy; Judge: San Diego transportation plan fails to consider California's climate policy, greenhouse gas emissions;...more