ArticleClimate Change Newsletter - Issue 4Welcome to the Dentons' Climate Change Newsletter. United StatesEnvironmentDentons
ArticleEnergy, Environment & Natural Resources Alert — Environmental Takeaways From GableGotwals' 6th Annual Energy SeminarThis Alert highlights five key environmental takeaways from GableGotwals' recent Sixth Annual Energy Market Drivers and Current Legal Issues Seminar...United StatesEnvironmentGableGotwals
ArticleEPA Finalizes TSCA Reform Framework RulesOn July 20, 2017, EPA published in the Federal Register two final rules intended to begin implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act)...United StatesEnvironmentTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleEPA Must List PFAS As A Hazardous Waste Or Pass The Baton To Congress To Take ActionOn October 18, 2021, EPA issued its, "PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA's Commitments to Action 2021-2024." This roadmap sets out EPA's action plan for minimizing the release of PFAS into the environment.United StatesEnvironmentTaft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
ArticleEPA Publishes Comprehensive PFAS Reporting Rule Under TSCAThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule that requires comprehensive reporting by manufacturers and importers of the more than 1,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...United StatesEnvironmentHolland & Knight
ArticleIFC Releases Guidelines For Blue FinanceThe International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, released its Guidelines for Blue Finance (Guidelines) in January 2022. United StatesEnvironmentHolland & Knight
ArticleMichigan "Lame Duck" Legislature Again Revises State Environmental Cleanup RequirementsAmendments of Part 201 (Environmental Remediation) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA) were passed by the Michigan Legislature in "lame duck" session.United StatesEnvironmentBarnes & Thornburg LLP
ArticleMore Than Risk Management: How Environmental, Health, And Safety (EHS ) Due Diligence Can Create ValueEnvironmental, health, and safety (EHS) due diligence has traditionally been regarded as a risk identification exercise to flag potential liabilities in industrial and manufacturing transactions.United StatesEnvironmentAlvarez & Marsal
ArticleTax-Exempt Financing For Waste Disposal/Recovery And Wastewater TreatmentTax-exempt bond financing is available for certain water and sewage, solid waste disposal/recovery project, waste-to-energy projects, and wastewater treatment projects.United StatesEnvironmentSmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleTenth Circuit Finds CERCLA Contribution Claim Not Barred By Bankruptcy Approval Of A Settlement Estimating Liability For The SiteAsarco LLC v. Noranda Mining, Inc., 844 F.3d 1201 (10th Cir. 2017). In a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) contribution action... United StatesEnvironmentSheppard
ArticleU.S. EPA's Pharmaceuticals Rule To Be Kicked To Next Administration"EPA will not be publishing a rule finalizing the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule in October of 2016 along with the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements final rule and previously projected."United StatesEnvironmentTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleU.S. EPA And California Move Towards Comprehensive PFAS RegulationIn last year's update, we provided an overview of federal and California regulatory actions designed to protect public health and the environment from the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...United StatesEnvironmentAllen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
ArticleU.S. EPA Issues Revisions To Hazardous Waste Generator Rule, To Be Finalized In October 2016Revisions to definitions, hazardous waste identification requirements, and hazardous waste generator standards could impact any facility that generates hazardous waste.United StatesEnvironmentFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleEnvironment 2015: Contamination And Waste Management IssuesThis year is sure to bring a number of significant changes in the areas of waste management and cleanup, vapor intrusion, due diligence and issues related to real estate purchases. United StatesEnvironmentMcGuireWoods LLP
ArticleEPA Seeks Comment On Minor Reinterpretation Of Rules On PCBs In Building MaterialsLast week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested public comment on a proposed reinterpretation of its PCB rules, billed as a step to accelerate removal of building materials containing PCBs. United StatesEnvironmentMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
ArticlePlastic Packaging Tax: Lifting The LidIn this post, we lift the (recyclable!) lid on plastic packaging taxes – a relatively new and evolving area of environmental taxation. We focus on the UK's plastic packaging tax...European UnionTaxCooley LLP
ArticleEPA Extends RCRA "Hazardous Constituents" Proposal To Nine PFASOn January 31, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "the Agency") issued a proposal to amend Resource Conservation...United StatesEnvironmentKelley Drye & Warren LLP
ArticleEPA Proposes Regulations To Implement Methane FeeThe Situation: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has proposed regulations for calculating methane emissions fees required beginning this year under the Inflation Reduction Act ("IRA")United StatesEnvironmentJones Day
ArticleEPA Releases Final Rule To Distinguish Recycled Products From Solid Waste Under RCRA Subtitle COn Dec. 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final rule amending the RCRA Subtitle C "Definition of Solid Waste." United StatesEnvironmentBarnes & Thornburg LLP
