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Community Air Monitoring and Notification System Task Force: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Releases Final Report

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued an April 28th news release announcing the release of the Final Report on the Community Air Monitoring and Notification System Task Force (“Task Force”)....more

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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

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The 2023 Term of the Supreme Court: Administrative and Regulatory Law Rulings

It is instructive to review the Supreme Court’s record in its most recent term, concentrating on regulatory and administrative law cases, which are usually back-burner issues. But not this term....more

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Environmental Law in a Post-Chevron World

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Last week, Venable’s Government Division offered its general thoughts on the fallout from the Supreme Court’s reversal of the long-standing Chevron deference principle. Here, the Environmental Practice Group offers some of...more

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EPA Finalizes Sweeping New Safety Standards and Public Disclosure Requirements for Chemical Accidents

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group examines the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule’s stringent requirements for accident prevention, response, and public disclosure of information....more

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Connecticut’s Amended Environmental Justice Statute: Where Does It Stand?

Earlier this year, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) released a “Connecticut Environmental Justice Public Participation Guidance Document” (‘the Guidance”) concerning the 2023 amendments...more

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U.S. Intensifies Environmental Crime Enforcement in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

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In Short - The Situation: The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ" or "Department") and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") recently announced the creation of a regional, cross-agency taskforce, targeting...more

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Environmental Justice Update: EPA Issues Initial Findings Regarding Louisiana Civil Rights Complaints

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In a recent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) letter issued to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), the Biden Administration deploys its plans to use...more

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Supreme Court Limits Power of EPA, Regulatory Agencies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-anticipated ruling on June 30, 2022, regarding the authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal agencies to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power...more

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Heightened Risk to the Regulated Community: U.S. EPA Overfiling

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In what could portend significant risk to the regulated community, a recent “overfiling” by U.S. EPA in connection with a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and a...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grants Petition Objecting to Robertson County, Texas, Lignite-Fired...

The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 15th Order granting a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the Oak...more

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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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Trump administration releases final SAFE vehicles rule

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On 31 March 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a new joint rule finalizing the Trump administration's fuel...more

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On-Site Civil Inspection Procedures: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule on March 2nd that is intended to provide direction to its personnel on how to conduct on-site civil administrative inspections. See 84 Fed. Reg....more

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An Inside Look at the House Bill to Revolutionize U.S. Climate Strategy

Key Points - House Democrats have released draft text for the CLEAN Future Act, a comprehensive climate bill that aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution throughout the United States by 2050 by directing federal...more

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EPA and NHTSA Take Regulatory Action to Revoke California Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Action May Have Far-Reaching Impacts - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) announced a joint rule intended to substantially affect...more

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Politics Trumps Economics? Trump’s Revocation of California’s Waiver Under the Clean Air Act

Yesterday President Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. was revoking California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act (CAA) which allowed it to impose stricter tailpipe emission standards than the federal ones. California’s...more

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Good Neighbors Delayed Are Good Neighbors Denied

Last Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that EPA violated the Clean Air Act in failing to impose deadlines on upwind states violating the CAA’s Good Neighbor provisions. The Court concluded that, where downwind...more

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The Environmental Black Swan: What Manufacturers Don’t Know They Don’t Know

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Regardless of what side of the political fence you reside on and regardless of whether under this current administration you believe environmental enforcement has taken a holiday, the fact remains that most manufacturers...more

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Negotiations Idle Between EPA, California over Emissions Standards

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As President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, cleared a key committee vote this week, a conflict between EPA and the State of California over tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions shows...more

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Congressional Investigations: What the Energy Sector Should Do to Prepare

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This is the inaugural issue of WilmerHale’s 10-in-10 Hot Topics in Energy Series. Over the next 10 weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting the US energy sector....more

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U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee/2018 Election: Leadership Change

The election of a Democratic Majority in the United States House of Representatives last night obviously means there will be a change of leadership/control in this committee – the Energy and Commerce Committee (“E&C...more

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Arkansas Interstate Transport Requirements for 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS/Definition Update: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Public...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a September 20th Federal Register notice approving portions of the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) submittal that addresses a Clean Air Act...more

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Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Adds Biosolids Facility Report

The Association of Clean Water Agencies (“ACWA”) announced in its weekly publication that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the Biosolids Facility Report (“Report”) on the agency’s Enforcement...more

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NHTSA and EPA propose roll back of Obama-era car rules

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a joint notice of proposed rulemaking today, called the "Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles...more

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