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In its updated Clean Water Act Multi-Sector General Permit for stormwater discharges from industrial activities issued June 5, EPA has explicitly provided that non-stormwater discharges of any pollutants are not authorized and will either have to be eliminated or covered by a separate individual NPDES permit.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a new community-based initiative Nov. 1 "to help communities across the nation navigate EPA's Inflation Reduction Act investments ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on September 17, 2025, its next steps regarding regulatory efforts to address cleanup of perfluorooctanoic...

On October 12, 2011, a federal district judge in Pennsylvania dismissed with prejudice a Clean Air Act (Act) lawsuit against current and former owners and operators of the Homer City power plant, brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Pennsylvania, and New York (collectively, "plaintiffs").

According to a story in Inside EPA (subscription required) last week, EPA's promulgation on October 8, 2024, of its "2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements" has already...

EPA's response focused on the deficiencies in the states' and organizations' efforts to establish standing.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed today CO2 standards for existing power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

Last month, I advised plastics manufacturers to prepare for more litigation. Although I am generally loath to speculate, it already looks as though this prediction is coming true. Earlier this month...

On April 17, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its long-expected revised air emission rules for the oil and gas sector.

As the International Summit on Plastic Pollution gets underway, I'll be sharing some of the conclusions reached by a team of French and American lawyers regarding the very different responses of France...

In 2010, EPA initiated an enforcement action challenging DTE's routine maintenance designation.

Last month, the Texas Attorney General agreed to a settlement in principle with car manufacturers Audi and Volkswagen requiring them to pay a civil penalty of $85 million...

The ongoing dispute between Texas and U.S. EPA over EPA's assertion of authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act resulted in two recent decisions from federal Courts of Appeal, one temporarily favorable to Texas, the other temporarily favorable for EPA.

Only one CCS bill remains active and it moves closer to becoming law. Six of the nine House CCS bills were effectively killed in the House Natural Resources Committee.

Yesterday, in commenting on the court battle over EPA’s reconsideration of the ozone NAAQS, I said that I would be surprised if EPA doesn’t issue the new standard within six months. Oops. My bad.

On September 28, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance ("OECA") released a memorandum announcing its new Climate...

The so-called Clean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act (Assembly Bill A2694; Senate Bill 1073), which was passed by the New Jersey Legislature on January 31, currently awaits Gov. Murphy's signature.

Ratings agency Moody's confirmed the threat facing Volkswagen when it dropped its outlook for the company and its subsidiaries from stable to negative in September.