The Association of State And Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) released a position paper titled: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUPERFUND CLEANUP PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS (“Position Paper”)....more
The 114th Tennessee General Assembly concluded its first regular session on April 22, making it one of the most fast-paced sessions in recent years. Despite this compressed timeline, our government relations team successfully...more
The Massachusetts Attorney General (“AG”) on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed on October 16th a civil action in the Superior Court alleging that: …Feedback Earth, Inc. (“Feedback Earth”) is generating...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a January 8th news release announcing that it will hold stakeholder meetings across Arkansas: …for better understanding...more
For the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC” or “Department”), discretion has been the better part of valor when considering enforcement of certain provisions of the Revised Part 360 Solid Waste...more
I undertook an Arkansas Environmental Federation webinar held by the organization’s Land and Sustainability Committee on May 20th titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments: 2020-2021...more
The 87th Legislative Session’s filing deadline of March 12, 2021 has come and gone, giving us an opportunity to survey the full suite of environmental bills – air, water, waste, procedural – that will be considered, debated,...more
This is a brief survey of many of the environmental and regulatory laws passed by the Texas Legislature and signed by the Governor in the 86th Regular Session of the Legislature, which ended in May 2019....more
Pierce Atwood’s Environmental and Land Use Practice Groups are pleased to provide a summary of key environmental legislation from the 129th Maine Legislature’s First Regular Session, which adjourned sine die, on June 20,...more
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery issued proposed regulations to reduce organic waste in landfills as required by Senate Bill 1383. The bill directed CalRecycle to adopt regulations to reduce...more
On May 17, 2018, after a lengthy and tortuous rulemaking that included substantive review and authorization by the Legislature, but only if certain changes were made, the Board of Environmental Protection adopted several...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) issued a May 11th Order addressing a proposed medical waste process facility. See Order No. 6851 18. The Order provides that the Three Rivers Regional Solid...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a document titled: The Economics of Recycling: Reports from States and Others (“Report”) ...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a December 2017 report titled: Waste Generation and Disposal: Awareness, Management, and Disposal Guidance for Solid Waste...more