4/30/2020 9:05:18 PM CARB plans more consumer product regulations to reduce smog-forming emissions By Eric Schmoll Todd Maiden The California Air Resources Board (CARB) continues its efforts to reduce air pollutants from consumer products through amendments to...
4/29/2020 2:25:58 PM Plastic-reduction efforts in California yield to COVID-19 pandemic By Phillip Babich Tessa Lessner This year might have been the year for California to set sharp reductions in plastic packaging and single-use plastic food ware, among...
4/28/2020 6:29:01 PM Returning to work safely By Jennifer Smokelin Ben Patton Mary Balaster Randa Lewis +1 more... Show less Previously shuttered businesses and offices are gearing up to reopen as many states are beginning to lift closure orders. Each employer...
4/27/2020 3:41:01 PM Hailing all rideshare: The California Clean Miles Standard is set to hit the road this year By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll The explosive growth of ridesharing companies has left states facing a potential, albeit unintended, increase in greenhouse gas emissions...
4/24/2020 5:30:08 PM Montana federal court vacates Nationwide Permit 12 for pipelines and other linear projects By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Grace Hearn On April 15, 2020, a federal district court in Montana issued an order vacating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Nationwide...
4/23/2020 8:09:28 PM Pennsylvania continues to enforce all environmental laws and regulations during COVID-19 pandemic By Jennifer Smokelin Grace Hearn The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that it will continue to enforce all environmental laws and...
4/23/2020 2:21:45 PM In the midst of COVID-19, attorneys general of 18 States urge stronger EPA Action on PFAS By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Nicholas Rock Ben Patton +2 more... Show less Last Friday, April 17, the attorneys general of New York, Pennsylvania, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,...
4/17/2020 7:50:07 PM TCEQ implementing a more tailored case-by-case enforcement policy than the U.S. EPA in response to COVID-19 By Daniella Landers Grace Hearn The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced that it will exercise enforcement discretion on a case-by-case basis as...
4/17/2020 1:39:18 PM DOJ: civil penalty obligations temporarily suspended By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Nicholas Rock Ben Patton +2 more... Show less In conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) move to relax enforcement efforts, and despite criticism of the...
4/16/2020 4:19:53 PM COVID-19 induced force majeure applied to environmental obligations By Jennifer Smokelin Todd Maiden Grace Hearn Randa Lewis +1 more... Show less As governments and health authorities institute increasingly strict responses to COVID-19, companies worldwide face unprecedented...
4/14/2020 11:32:14 PM California environmental agencies less flexible than U.S. EPA re enforcement policy in response to COVID-19 By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shown some flexibility in enforcement of environmental regulatory obligations...
4/13/2020 5:30:42 PM EPA response actions during COVID-19: Continue, reduce, or suspend? By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Ben Patton Todd Maiden Nicholas Rock +2 more... Show less There are many types of cleanup occurring across the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic under a range of U.S. Environmental Protection...
4/10/2020 3:34:22 PM The 2020 updates to the chemical data reporting rule By A.J. Wissinger Ben Patton Daniella Landers The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a pre-publication version of its final rule amending the Chemical Data...
4/7/2020 8:53:58 PM Novel coronavirus – How employers should dispose of personal protective equipment By Todd Maiden Ben Patton Mary Balaster Eric Schmoll +1 more... Show less The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) have...
4/3/2020 3:16:04 PM EPA responds to criticisms of its new temporary enforcement discretion policy By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Nicholas Rock Ben Patton Grace Hearn +3 more... Show less In response to the backlash regarding the EPA’s implementation of a temporary enforcement discretion policy, the EPA administrator,...
4/2/2020 9:54:18 PM Environmental red flags when considering the purchase of distressed assets By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Ben Patton Nicholas Rock +2 more... Show less In these unprecedented days, companies may be looking to realign market position through the acquisition of assets or by adding to...