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January 11, 2022

EPA Plans to Improve Lead and Copper Drinking Water Rule While Facing Legal Challenge from States

EPA faces continuing pressure to improve the way it protects communities from lead in drinking water. One focus of the current EPA has been the Lead and Copper Drinking Water Rule Revisions (“LCRR”), promulgated under the Trump administration. Continue reading

Toxic Tort, Water

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June 24, 2021

EPA to Revise or Replace Trump-Era Clean Water Act Rules, But Will Leave Existing Rules In Place For Now

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), under Administrator Michael Regan, has begun the process of reviewing and revising two key Clean Water Act (“CWA”) rules: The Navigable Waters Protection Rule and the CWA Section 401 Certification Rule. Continue reading

Climate Change, Real Estate and Environment, Sustainability, Water

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April 22, 2021

Earth Day 2021: Biden’s American Jobs Plan Aims to End the Flow of Lead in Drinking Water

As the Corporate Environmental Lawyer Blog celebrates Earth Day, we turn to the important topic of drinking water. Drinking water, like the air we breathe, is an environmental issue that everyone interacts with on a daily basis. But, much like air pollution, contamination of drinking water often has the largest impact on poor communities and… Continue reading

Sustainability, Water

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March 4, 2021

10th Circuit Lifts Injunction in Colorado Challenge of Trump Waters of the United States Rule

On March 2, 2021, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in the case of Colorado v. EPA, et al., Nos. 20-1238, 20-1262, and 20-1263, that had issued a preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (“NWPR”)… Continue reading

Sustainability, Water

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August 25, 2020

EPA Finalizes Rollback of Obama-Era Methane Regulations for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry

On August 13, 2020, EPA issued two final rules that will have a significant impact on methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas. The final rules were issued under the Clean Air Act’s New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) for the oil and natural gas industry and rescind Obama-era rules issued in 2012 and 2016. Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas

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October 17, 2018

Trump Administration Releases Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda

The Trump Administration has released its Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The EPA-specific regulatory agenda lists 148 regulatory actions in either the proposed rule stage or final rule stage. Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, FIFRA, Greenhouse Gas, Hazmat, RCRA, TSCA, Water

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August 22, 2017

EPA Withdraws Delay on Ozone NAAQS Designations

On August 1, 2017, 15 states and Washington D.C. filed a petition in the D.C. Circuit Court challenging EPA’s one-year delay of the ozone NAAQS deadline. Then, on August 2, 2017, EPA changed course and withdrew the extension. Continue reading

Air

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August 11, 2017

OSHA Accepting Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Submissions

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has officially launched its Injury Tracking Application website for Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records to OSHA. Continue reading

OSHA

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June 28, 2017

EPA Announces Proposed Rule to Rescind ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule

On June 27, 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers will be publishing a proposed rule (the Recodification Rule) that would rescind the Obama Administration’s definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Continue reading

Real Estate and Environment, Water

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June 2, 2017

President Announces Plan to Withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement

On Thursday, June 1, President Trump announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Sustainability

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