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Winston & Strawn LLP
On April 17, 2024, the Assistant Administrator for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) issued a new Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy.
Nossaman LLP
As detailed in Part 1 of this eAlert, on April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS).
Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease
On Friday, April 19, 2024, USEPA announced it will publish a final rule designating PFOS and PFOA as CERCLA hazardous substances (the "PFAS CERCLA Rule"). Separate from the Rule...
Steptoe LLP
Senior Women for Climate Protection secured a historic climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights, highlighting the disproportionate impact of climate change on vulnerable demographics.
Crowell & Moring LLP
EPA's goal to strengthen case coordination and focus resources among its civil and criminal enforcement offices could result in more enforcement actions.
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s innovative Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program makes 2024 the prime time for those creating climate-friendly...
Mintz
Inside EPA quoted Environmental Law Chair Jeff Porter about how the EPA recently finalized its listing of two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...
Mintz
He explained that anyone outside of the EPA is not bound to the agency's judgment regarding who to sue for PFAS contamination involving these newly designated chemicals.
Holland & Knight
The U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) released a final rule that will protect millions of acres of Alaskan wildness from the development of oil, gas and minerals.
Jackson Lewis
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as "forever chemicals," are a varied group of thousands of manufactured chemicals and have been used in industry and consumer...
Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
In a long-awaited action, on April 19, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated the two most studied per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...
Nossaman LLP
On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), two of the most common...
Jenner & Block
As we kick off Earth Day 2024, we look to this year's Earth Day theme–"Planet versus Plastics." Planet versus Plastics seeks to focus attention on the challenges...
Jones Day
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announces the finalization of a rule designating PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA hazardous substances.
Mintz
Recently, the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the American subsidiaries of JBS Group, the Brazilian-based beef producer, asserting that JBS had "violat[ed] New York's consumer protection statutes" through its "fraudulent and illegal environmental marketing practices."
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger
It's finally happened. The US Environmental Protection Agency has designated two widely used PFAS compounds, PFOA and PFOS, as "hazardous substances" under CERCLA.
Arnold & Porter
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially designated two PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response...
Liskow & Lewis
On April 15, 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM") released a prepublication of its highly anticipated final rule revising financial assurance requirements for oil...
Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease
On March 28, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published a final rule (the 2024 Rule) that expands the number of facilities required to develop...
Exponent
First national PFAS regulation increases potential liability for water utilities, wastewater facilities, and industrial dischargers...
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