February 2011
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Contractor Owed No Duty to Warn Public of Emissions Exceedence
A Pennsylvania appellate court held that an environmental contractor hired to conduct air emission monitoring owned no duty to persons residing near an industrial facility to warn of excess beryllium emissions. Continue reading
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More Insight On EPA’s Regulation Of Hexavalent Chromium And Perchlorate
In testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson confirmed that EPA likely will regulate hexavalent chromium in tap water but only after completing its health assessment study of the toxic contaminant. Jackson told the committee that the regulatory process would take up to two years including the completion of… Continue reading
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December 2010 Update: Climate Change
Gabrielle Sigel and William Kaplowitz, attorneys in Jenner & Block’s Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources Law Practice, recently posted their December 2010 Update of Climate Change Developments. Continue reading