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July 1, 2021

Industry Organization Challenges EPA Cross State Air Pollution Rule

As the saying goes, “no good neighbor rule goes unpunished.” Thus, the latest attempt by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to promulgate a Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”) Update under the “good neighbor provision” of the Clean Air Act and in response to the D.C. Circuit’s remand of the previous version of the… Continue reading

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May 7, 2021

EPA Announces Plans to Require Additional Chemical Reporting under its Toxic Release Inventory

On Friday, April 30, 2021, The Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced significant steps the agency intends to take under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program to implement expanded reporting requirements for companies that store and utilize hazardous chemicals, including new obligations to report the storage, use and any releases of ethylene oxide, a… Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Contamination, Groundwater, Sustainability, Toxic Tort, TSCA, Water

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April 30, 2021

Jenner & Block to Host Webinar on EHS Issues Facing the Cannabis Industry

On May 4, Jenner & Block Partner Steven M. Siros and Associate Leah M. Song will present a CLE webinar on environmental, health, and safety (EHS) issues facing the cannabis industry. Continue reading

Air, Consumer Law and Environment, Sustainability

cannabis, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, environmental litigation, health and safety, Leah M. Song, Steven M. Siros
April 21, 2021

Earth Day 2021: Heightened Chemical Regulation under the Biden Administration

A key platform of President Biden’s environmental agenda is a heightened focus on regulating chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Regulating chemicals in order to minimize the threat to human and the environment is clearly also critical to achieving the aims and goals of Earth Day especially considering that the publication of… Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Emerging Contaminants, Sustainability, TSCA

1, 4-dioxane, asbestos, CERCLA, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Earth Day, EPA, MCL, methylene chloride, Michal Freedhoff, Perfluoroalkyl, PFAS, Polyfluoroalkyl, Safe Drinking Water Act, Silent Spring, Steven M. Siros, trichloroethylene, TSCA
April 20, 2021

Earth Day 2021: Climate Change under the Biden Administration

President Biden has made climate change a main focus of his administration. At the beginning of his term, Biden issued several executive orders addressing climate change: “Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis” (January 20, 2021) and “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at… Continue reading

Air, Climate Change

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April 19, 2021

Reflections on Earth Day, 2021

This week, as we celebrate Earth Day on April 22, Jenner & Block’s Environmental and Workplace Health and Safety Law Practice will be focusing, each day, on a different aspect of the environment and how this year will affect our planet. I thought I would begin our week-long focus on Earth Day with a more… Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Sustainability

“A Children’s Bible”, “The Overstory”, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Earth, Earth Day, EHS, fungi, Gabrielle Sigel, Jenner & Block, mycorrhizal network, pandemic, trees, Walt Kelly
April 7, 2021

Environmental Organizations Petition EPA to Expand Enforcement of Clean Air Act’s General Duty Clause

Various environmental organizations, led by the Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”), are urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to expand enforcement of Section 112(r)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA)—commonly known as the General Duty Clause (“GDC”)—in order to more closely regulate the handling of hazardous substances at industrial facilities permitted under the CAA. Continue reading

Air, Hazmat, Sustainability

40 CFR part 68, accidental release, CAA, Clean Air Act, Corporate Environmental Lawyer Blog, EIP, Environmental Integrity Project, EPA, GDC, General Duty Clause, hazardous substance, Hazlehurst Wood Pellets, Matthew G. Lawson
April 5, 2021

Oil Industry Scores Big Win in Second Circuit Greenhouse Gas Litigation

Breaking from the pack and potentially creating a circuit split, the Second Circuit’s decision in City of New York v. Chevron, et al. dismissing New York’s City’s climate change lawsuit is a significant victory for the oil and gas industry. Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Greenhouse Gas, Sustainability

Chevron, Clean Air Act, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, fossil fuels, gas, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, oil, Steven M. Siros
March 19, 2021

EPA Finalizes Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update: Emissions Reductions Required at Certain Power Plants Beginning in May

On March 15, 2021, EPA finalized the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”) Update for the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”). This final rule is issued pursuant to the “good neighbor provision” of the Clean Air Act and in response to the D.C. Circuit’s remand of the previous version of the CSAPR… Continue reading

Air, Sustainability

Allison A. Torrence, CAA, Clean Air Act, cross state air pollution, CSAPR, EPA, good neighbor provision, NAAQS, NOx, power plants
January 20, 2021

U.S. EPA Issues Final Guidance on PFAS SNUR

On January 19, 2021, four days after the close of the comment period, U.S. EPA issued its final guidance document to aid in implementation of its Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) for long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylate and perfluoroalkyl sulfonate chemical substances (PFAS). Not surprisingly, the final guidance document remained largely unchanged from the draft version. Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Emerging Contaminants, Sustainability, Water

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