Additional Greenhouse Gas Reporting Requirements Imposed
Supplementing the greenhouse gas ("GHG") reporting regulations issued in October 2009, on June 28, 2010 U.S. EPA imposed annual reporting requirements on four additional... Read more.
Promoting Transparency for Nanomaterials
On June 25, 2010, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report entitled Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials Are Widely Used in Commerce, but EPA Faces... Read more.
May 2010 Update: Climate Change
By Gabrielle Sigel and Jennifer Cassel Gabrielle Sigel and Jennifer Cassel, attorneys in Jenner & Block's Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources... Read more.
OSHA Implements Severe Violators Enforcement Program
On June 18, 2010, OSHA implemented its Severe Violators Enforcement Program ("SVEP") against employers who have "demonstrated indifference" to OSH Act compliance.... Read more.
Inadequate Superfund Monies May Result in New Trust Fund Taxes
According to a General Accountability Office report issued June 22, 2010, EPA’s estimated costs to remediate existing Superfund sites exceed current funding levels.... Read more.
Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking Deepwater Oil Drilling Moratorium
On June 22, 2010, Judge Martin Feldman, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Obama Administration’s... Read more.
May 2010 Update: Environmental Lender Liability
Gabrielle Sigel and Genevieve Essig, attorneys in Jenner & Block's Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources Law Practice, recently posted to Jenner &... Read more.
OSHRC Refuses to Find Asbestos Exposure a Serious OSH Act Violation
In Secretary of Labor v. ConocoPhillips Bayway Refinery, OSHRC No. 07-1045 (June 15, 2010), the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission ("OSHRC") modified... Read more.
The Illinois LUST Program Is Amended
On June 8, 2010, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law Public Act 096-0908, which amended the Illinois Environmental Protection Act's "Leaking Underground... Read more.
Another Circuit Allows Non-Settling PRPs to Intervene in CERCLA Consent Decree Action
On June 2, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a non-settling PRP's right to contribution under CERCLA was a legally sufficient interest... Read more.