ORM-D Authorization Extended Through 2020
On January 7, 2013, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ("PHMSA") issued a final rule extending authorization of the ORM-D classification... Read more.
U.S. EPA Issues Revised Guidance On The Use Of Institutional Controls At Contaminated Sites
U.S. EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response ("OSWER") recently issued revised guidance relating to the use of institutional controls at NPL and other... Read more.
U.S. EPA Finalizes Boiler MACT Rule
On December 20, 2012, U.S. EPA finalized air emissions regulations for boilers and incinerators. The new rules, which revised regulations originally promulgated... Read more.
Court Finds That Environmental Documents Obtained From Public Agency Protected By Work Product Privilege
In an environmental coverage dispute, a New York federal judge recently ruled that information obtained by the insurance company from governmental environmental... Read more.
U.S. EPA Throws Supreme Court A Curveball By Issuing Final Logging Rule The Day Before Oral Argument
On December 3, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the consolidated cases of Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center and Georgia Pacific... Read more.
Fox River PCB Cleanup Allowed To Proceed
On November 21, 2012, a federal district court in Wisconsin rejected PRP efforts to throw out the remedial plan established by U.S. EPA and the State of Wisconsin... Read more.
PHMSA Seeks Comments On Whether To Expand Accident And Incident Reporting Requirements
On November 21, 2012, the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ("PHMSA") issued a notice seeking comments to improve... Read more.
Important Environmental Compliance Considerations In The Wake Of Hurricane Sandy
As Hurricane Sandy sweeps across the Eastern Seaboard, the images of its destructive power are humbling. As everyone begins to dig out from the damage caused by... Read more.
State Pesticide Regulators Question Whether Use Of Biocides In Fracking Fluids Violates FIFRA
An association of state pesticide regulators have recently raised an issue as to whether the use of certain biocides in hydraulic fracturing fluids are in violation... Read more.
Navy Shipbuilders Avoid Asbestos Product Liability Claims
On October 3, 2012, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decided two questions of firm impression under maritime law: (1) does... Read more.