EPA Proposes Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul On March 14, 2023, EPA announced the  first ever national drinking water standard for PFAS via its proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six specific PFAS including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), … Continue reading →

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EPA Orders Derailment Clean Up

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul On February 21, 2023, less than three weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, less than a mile from the Pennsylvania border, EPA issued a 77 page Unilateral Order to the company … Continue reading →

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EPA Announces $42 Million PFAS Aid to Arizona

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Chris Colyer

by  Patrick J. Paul According to EPA’s press release, $5 billion is scheduled for investment over five years to help communities that are on the frontlines of PFAS contamination reduce PFAS in drinking water.  The initial allotment of $42 million … Continue reading →

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Environmental Justice Grants Available for Qualifying Air-Related Projects

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Chris Colyer

By: Luke Narducci and Amanda Reeve The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) issued a Request For Applications (RFA) on January 10, 2023, for projects “supporting community-based nonprofit organizations (CBO’s) in their efforts to collaborate and partner with other stakeholders…to develop … Continue reading →

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USEPA Releases Updated Environmental Justice Related Legal Guidance

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Chris Colyer

By: Luke Narducci and Amanda Reeve Further building upon its Environmental Justice (EJ) Legal Tools, on January 11, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released the Cumulative Impacts Addendum updating its existing legal guidance for advancing EJ actions.  This … Continue reading →

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USEPA Proposes New Particulate Matter Air Quality Standard

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Chris Colyer

by Amanda Reeve The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced on January 6, 2023, that it is proposing to modify the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5).  The current annual primary (health-based) NAAQS for PM2.5 … Continue reading →

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ADEQ Providing Assistance for Small Rural Water Systems

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Chris Colyer

by Luke Narducci, Mike Ford, Amanda Reeve ADEQ is providing new and improved help for small rural water systems.  We are sharing this notice to help bring awareness to this important issue. To that end, we will be following up … Continue reading →

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Mining Industry on the Losing End of Two Clean Water Act Cases

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Chris Colyer

by Michael C. Ford The mining industry was on the losing end of two recent Clean Water Act cases.  Stone v. High Mountain Mining Company, LLC, was decided September 12, 2022, and involved a citizen suit challenge to a placer … Continue reading →

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New PFAS/PFOS Regulations May Reopen Sites

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Chris Colyer

by Mitchell J. Klein Environmental practitioners are well aware of the astonishing breadth and scope of the impacts resulting from the investigations into the ubiquitous presence of the so-called “forever chemicals”, including the significant efforts being expended at both the … Continue reading →

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EPA’s Clean Power Plan Struck Down by SCOTUS

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Chris Colyer

by Michael C. Ford In 2015, EPA published a rule under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) targeting coal-fired electricity generators designed to force their shift from coal generation to gas, solar and wind production.  The “Clean Power Plan” (“CPP”) rule … Continue reading →

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