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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Nov. 12 Webinar On Threatened, Endangered Species Policy Updates

PA Environment Daily

Sam assists a broad range of clients on the environmental aspects of project development, transactions, and government enforcement matters, with a specific focus on renewable energy.

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Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Union of Concerned Scientists

However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act), as a result, EPA programs are often implemented narrowly, not holistically.

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Only CERCLA Settlements Trigger CERCLA Contribution: Guam v. US

E2 Law Blog

May 24, 2021) , attempting to clarify which settlements with the United States or a state trigger a right to settling-party contribution under section 113(f)(3)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(3)(B). In Guam’s case, that was a good thing. 9607, 9613.

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Supreme Court Tries to Set a Bright Dividing Line on CERCLA Claims, but has it?

MGKF Law

20-382 (May 24, 2021), the eagerly anticipated opinion on whether consent decrees and administrative orders that do not expressly resolve liability for claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) nevertheless give rise to a claim for contribution under Section 113(f)(3) of CERCLA.

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12 Legal Tools to Push Climate Preparedness

Law Columbia

Permit conditions – Several statutes require permit holders to have and implement plans to prepare for extreme events – e.g., Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Oil Pollution Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Clean Energy Law

Section 108(b) and EPA’s Path to This Decision. What’s Next? EPA will take public comment on the proposed decision for 60 days after the notice is published in the Federal Register.

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Moving the Needle on PFAS Regulation

Vermont Law

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. The Clean Water Act has also proven ineffective because EPA does not require limits on PFAS discharges into streams or rivers. EPA’s authority to remediate PFAS contamination is also limited under the. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler.