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(Environmental Protection Agency & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Definition of "Waters of the United States" (Proposed Rule), 90 FR 52,498 (Nov. 20, 2025)).

With its imposition of strict, joint and several, and retroactive liability, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"),

California's groundbreaking SB 707 establishes the nation's first extended producer responsibility law for textiles, fundamentally shifting accountability for post-consumer clothing and household textiles from consumers to the brands that profit from them. The Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 creates a complex compliance framework with cascading liability, contractual flexibility, and severe market-access penalties that will reshape how fashion and luxury brands operate in America's largest consumer

Over the last two years, there has been a flurry of activity at the federal level related to the regulation of PFAS. In 2024, the Biden EPA finalized significant PFAS rulemakings...

On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court held that the term "waters of the United States" ("WOTUS")—as used in the federal Clean Water Act ("CWA"), 33 U.S.C. § 1362(7)—means...

The recent surge in Resource Conservation and Recovery Act private citizen suits poses a concern for utilities who are diligently working through coal ash pond closure.

A new era of corporate environmental regulations is emerging through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging legislation.

On Aug. 28–29, 2024, approximately 50 people gathered at the University of California San Diego Extension to learn about the California State Water Resources Control Board's (State Water Board)...

The Texas Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s decision that a combined group of companies engaged in an oilfield service business could include a subsidiary’s waste removal and disposal costs in the group’s cost of goods sold deduction.

On March 26, 2026, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched a 60-day public consultation on the draft opinion of its Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) on the proposal restriction to per-...

States may pursue natural resource damage (NRD) claims pursuant to the key federal statutes or, in some cases, pursuant to independent state authority. Over the years, many states have played...

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Michigan Constitutional Amendment Banning Use of Affirmative Action in Admissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized its rule to designate two common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as "hazardous substances" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the federal Superfund law.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), also known as the Superfund law, imposes strict,...

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and Chemical Watch are pleased to present FIFRA Fundamentals, a two-day course taught by professionals from B&C's renowned Federal Insecticide, Fungicide...

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) aims at revolutionizing the way packaging is designed, manufactured, labelled...

In a significant step toward enhancing transparency and supporting the state's ambitious climate goals, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has introduced draft regulations...

A recent federal district court decision in the Western District of Pennsylvania, Clean Air Council vs. United States Steel Corporation, No. 2:19-CV-1072, 2020 WL 2490023, at *1(W.D. Pa. May 14, 2020)