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K&L Gates LLP

Contaminated Land in Western Australia: A Timely Reminder That Leases Must Comprehensively Address Land Contamination

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A Protracted History - In April 2025, Justice Musikanth of the WA Supreme Court delivered his judgment in Henderson v Contaminated Sites Committee [2025] WASC 123 (Henderson)....more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

DEEP Finalizes Release-Based Cleanup Regulations: What Property Owners Need to Know

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Since the last half of 2020, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has been working with a statutorily created working group to develop Release-Based Cleanup regulations, as contemplated by...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Buyer Beware: The Importance of Conducting Environmental Due Diligence

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In the context of commercial real estate transactions, due diligence is conducted to obtain and verify available information regarding a property’s attributes and characteristics, physical and environmental condition,...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

[Hybrid Event] PFAS Update Seminar - Sweeping PFAS Cleanup Liability on the Horizon - May 7th, Washington, DC

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Join Kelley Drye for a seminar on the latest regulatory developments that are likely to usher in expansive new liability for the release and remediation of some of the most widely utilized per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Qualex-Landmark: Redwater Scope and Environmental Priority in Alberta

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This week’s highly anticipated decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal in Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc v 12-10 Capital Corp, 2024 ABCA 115 [Qualex] limits the application of Orphan Well Association v Grant Thornton Ltd, 2019...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

With U.S. EPA’s Approval of ASTM E1527-21, a Revised Standard for Environmental Site Assessment Should Be Used

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) has revised the standards by which real property purchasers, lessees and environmental professionals should conduct a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (“Phase I...more

Woods Rogers

Virginia DEQ Suspends Issuance of Landowner Liability “Comfort Letters”

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On December 1, 2021, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“VDEQ”)  announced via a notice on its Brownfields website that it stopped accepting applications for Bona Fide Prospective Purchase (“BFPP”) and other...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] Contaminated Sites Liability & Litigation Risk - April 22nd, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm EDT

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The Canadian Institute’s advanced conference on Contaminated Sites Liability & Litigation Risk takes a deep dive into the most critical challenges affecting land developers, real estate and legal professionals, and...more

Williams Mullen

EPA Releases New Guidance on CERCLA Landowner Liability Protections

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EPA recently issued a guidance document (the “Guidance”) that supersedes and clarifies its 2003 guidance on what prospective purchasers of real estate must do to qualify for one of CERCLA’s three landowner liability...more

Jones Day

New South Wales Introduces Coal Mine Subsidence Compensation Scheme

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Australian coal miners and landowners should prepare themselves for their roles in the new claims system. A fairer and quicker claims system is proposed....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

East Hampton Considers New Laws Mandating Nitrogen-Reducing Sanitary Systems and Offering Rebates to Replace Existing Systems

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The Town Board of the Town East Hampton (“Town Board”) is considering progressive new legislation that will require advanced nitrogen-reducing sanitary systems for all new commercial and residential construction and major...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Final D.C. Groundwater Well Requirements Will Impact Many Property Owners

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The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) on Oct. 28, 2016, published final rules governing the construction, maintenance and abandonment of wells. The new regulations became effective immediately...more

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Environmental Notes - March 2016

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Jurisdictional Determinations May be Appealed - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers determines the presence or absence of wetlands and other “waters of the United States” on a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Maryland Court of Appeals Opens Door to New Class of Inverse Condemnation Claims

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A property owner states a valid claim for inverse condemnation where the owner alleges that its property was taken by the government's failure to act in the face of an affirmative duty to act, the Maryland Court of Appeals...more

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