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EPA Files $4.2 Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency announced the federal government has settled its final federal Clean Air Act (CAA) claim against Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing, LLC pertaining to the June 21, 2019 fire and explosion at its former South Philadelphia refinery. On October 8, the U.S.

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Well Done Foundation, Seneca Resources Partner On Orphaned Well Plugging Project In McKean County

PA Environment Daily

WDF initiated talks with the State of Pennsylvania earlier this year and has received the full support of the Department of Environmental Protection. Formed in 2019, the Well Done Foundation enables the oil and gas industry to partner with the conservation community to create an alternative pathway to success that benefits all.

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All (New and Improved?) Appropriate Inquiry

Acoel

Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. Phase I environmental site assessments (“Phase I ESAs”) play an important part in real estate due diligence and can constitute “ All Appropriate Inquiry ” (“AAI”) under the liability protections afforded by the U.S. EPA”) anticipated in due course. Source and Substance.

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EPA Proposes Designating PFAS as Hazardous

Greenbuilding Law

Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the “Superfund” law.

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Landmines For Your Landowner Liability Protections?

Acoel

The proposed changes are likely to create a lot of confusion about “controls” on contaminated property and could adversely impact prospective purchasers’ ability to assert their Landowner Liability Protections (“LLPs”) under the 2002 Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”).

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Moving the Needle on PFAS Regulation

Vermont Law

Efforts to protect public health and the environment from PFAS have been hampered by major gaps in both federal and state law and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unwillingness to act. for PFAS in February 2019 despite having strong evidence linking PFAS exposure to adverse health impacts for almost.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Clean Energy Law

The July 2019 notice asserts that CERCLA confers significant discretion on the agency. Although the statute requires EPA to determine the level of financial responsibility necessary to protect against the level of risk, it imposes no particular methodology for that determination. O’Brien and Stacey L. VanBelleghem.