DOJ

May 11, 2023

Department of Justice Secures First Title VI Environmental Justice Resolution Agreement

On May 4, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a first-of-its-kind Title VI environmental justice interim resolution agreement with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH). The resolution follows an investigation DOJ and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) initiated in November 2021 into whether ADPH violated Title VI of the Civil… Continue reading

Groundwater

ADPH, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Daniel L. Robertson, Department of Justice, DOJ, Federal Government, Groundwater, Jenner & Block, Sanitation, Steven M. Siros, Water
February 5, 2021

DOJ Rescinds Nine Trump Environmental Policies

On February 4, 2021, in accordance with President Biden’s Executive Order 13,990 (Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis), DOJ directed its ENRD Section and Deputy Section Chiefs to withdraw nine environmental policies that were put in place by the Trump Administration. Continue reading

Climate Change, Sustainability, Water

990, Clean Water Act, Climate Crisis, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, DOJ, ENRD, Executive Order 13, Miscellaneous Receipts Act, SEPs, Steven M. Siros
October 11, 2020

Lawsuit Filed Challenging DOJ’s Policy on Supplemental Environmental Projects

On October 8, 2020, the Conservation Law Foundation filed a lawsuit challenging a DOJ policy that barred the use of supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) in federal enforcement settlements with private parties. Continue reading

Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Sustainability

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Conservation Law Foundation, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, DOJ, GHG, Hazmat, Health & Safety Developments, OSHA, RCRA, SEPs, Steven M. Siros, Sustainability, TSCA, Water
September 6, 2019

Recent DOJ Directive Marks Continuing Effort to Curb Availability of Supplemental Environmental Projects in Civil Environmental Settlements

On August 21, 2019, the Department of Justice issue a new memorandum reducing state and local governments’ ability to enter into settlement agreements that require the completion of supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) as compensation for alleged environmental violations. Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Sustainability, Water

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, DOJ, EPA, GHG, Hazmat, Health & Safety Developments, Matthew G. Lawson, OSHA, RCRA, SEPs, Sustainability, TSCA, Water
January 11, 2017

VW Agrees to $4.3 Billion Settlement of Diesel Emission Claims

On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Volkswagen AG (VW) has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty for selling approximately 590,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. that had installed defeat devices to cheat on emissions tests mandated by the Environmental Protection… Continue reading

Air, Consumer Law and Environment

defeat devices, diesel, DOJ, emissions, EPA, settlement, Volkswagen, VW

DOJ

Department of Justice Secures First Title VI Environmental Justice Resolution Agreement

DOJ Rescinds Nine Trump Environmental Policies

Lawsuit Filed Challenging DOJ’s Policy on Supplemental Environmental Projects

Recent DOJ Directive Marks Continuing Effort to Curb Availability of Supplemental Environmental Projects in Civil Environmental Settlements

VW Agrees to $4.3 Billion Settlement of Diesel Emission Claims