TSCA Reform: The Push For More Disclosure
On November 15, 2010, Jenner & Block Partner Steven M. Siros and Associates Katherine M. Rahill and Genevieve J. Essig published a guest column in Law360 discussing... Read more.
New EPA Guidance to be Issued on Institutional Controls
In response to a 2005 report issued by the Government Accountability Office that criticized existing U.S.EPA policies concerning the implementation, monitoring and... Read more.
Steven Siros To Speak on Climate Change Litigation at DRI Annual Meeting
Steven Siros will be speaking at DRI's Annual Meeting on October 21st in San Diego, California.... Read more.
U.S. EPA to Regulate Perchlorate Under the Safe Drinking Water Act
U.S. EPA has reversed course and elected to regulate perchlorate under the Safe Drinking Water Act ("SDWA").... Read more.
September 21, 2010 Webinar—How Low Can the Regulators Make You Go: The Dilemma Posed by Cleanup Standards that are Lower Than “Background”
Steven Siros will be one of two presenters at a September 21, 2010 webinar titled: How Low Can the Regulators Make You Go: The Dilemma Posed by Cleanup Standards... Read more.
Failure to File Compulsory Counterclaim Dooms U.S. EPA’s Cost-Recovery Action
In what may be the first case of its kind in the United States, a District Court in California has dismissed U.S. EPA's cost recovery claims with respect to a Superfund... Read more.
Fourth Circuit Says No to Interstate Nuisance Claim
On July 26, 2010, the Fourth Circuit overturned a January 2009 district court decision that had found that emissions from 11 coal-fired power plants located in Alabama,... Read more.
CERCLA UAOs Deemed Constitutional
On June 29, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States... Read more.
CBI Protections for Chemicals May be Lost
In a May 27, 2010 Federal Register notice, U.S. EPA announced that it will begin reviewing Confidential Business Information ("CBI") claims for health and safety... Read more.
U.S. EPA Adds Chemicals and Facilities to Envirofacts Database
On May 17, 2010, U.S. EPA announced that it was adding more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”)... Read more.