2018 Clean Air Act Environmental Responsibility 
Law Columbia
MARCH 14, 2024
These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Some of the world's oldest environmental protections were designed with human health in mind. The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. Learn more about environmental law degrees. Key Current US Environmental Laws.
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Clean Energy Law
JULY 16, 2019
EPA’s first rulemaking under Section 108(b), for the Hardrock Mining sector, was not completed until 2018, so minimal precedent exists under Section 108(b). Moreover, pending litigation challenging EPA’s 2018 findings creates uncertainty regarding how a court will view EPA’s authority under this provision. What’s Next?
Acoel
JANUARY 17, 2025
These laws borrow the Superfund moniker from the long-established federal environmental remediation law, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). Multiple other states, including California , Massachusetts , and New Jersey , have proposed similar legislation.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
In 2017, several groups filed suit against the EPA for promulgating a rule to exempt CAFOs emissions from reporting requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
1, 2018; order denying remand and notice re tutorial Feb. 27, 2018; request for supplemental briefing Feb. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 1, 2018; ruling Feb. ExxonMobil Corp.
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
With respect to TSCA, the GAO noted that EPA had not completed workforce or workload planning to ensure the Agency could meet TSCA deadlines and that the Agency had not met TSCA’s statutory deadlines for the first 10 risk evaluations of existing chemicals.
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