Environmental and Natural Resources

Rare Rulemaking Initiated by Arizona Department of Water Resources

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Fred Breedlove The Arizona Department of Water Resources (“ADWR”) announced on September 18, 2021 that it had initiated a rulemaking for three subject areas: licensing timeframes, well construction and licensing, and dam safety. Overall, the proposed changes are mostly … Continue reading →

Tagged Arizona Department of Water Resources, water

What Will EPA Do with Its New Superfund Money?

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Mitchell J. Klein The Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed Aug. 10, contains a provision that would bring back an excise tax that expired in 1995 on a lengthy list of raw chemicals. House Democrats also want it to … Continue reading →

Tagged CERCLA, Superfund

Reclamation Declares Tier 1 Shortage on Colorado River for 2022

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Fred Breedlove The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) published its August 2021 24-Month Study on Monday, effectively declaring a shortage on the Colorado River for the Lower Colorado River Basin. The August study predicts that the elevation of Lake … Continue reading →

Tagged Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado River, Tier 1 shortage

Bipartisan Infrastructure Package Passes the Senate

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Amanda A. Reeve Arizona’s Senior U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema is credited as being instrumental in negotiating the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, H.R. 3684, entitled “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (“INVEST in … Continue reading →

Tagged H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Package, INVEST in America Act, Kyrsten Sinema

Arizona Manufacturers Council’s Environmental & Sustainability Summit Lite 2021

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Amanda A. Reeve and Lucas J. Narducci After hosting its 2020 Environmental & Sustainability Summit (“ESS”) virtually due to the COVID Pandemic…after all, what else could keep Phoenicians from fleeing the scorching heat and heading up to the cooler … Continue reading →

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Hands EPA and Arizona a Victory

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Luke Narducci, Mike Ford, and Amanda Reeve On January 9, 2020, the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest (“ACLIPI”), on behalf of several individuals, filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Court”) a Petition for Review (“Petition”) … Continue reading →

U.S. House Passes PFAS Action Act of 2021

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul On Wednesday July 21, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2021. The bill, H.R. 2467, passed 241-183 demonstrating its bipartisan support, with twenty-three Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues in supporting … Continue reading →

Tagged CERCLA, EPA, hazardous substance, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS

More Biogas Projects Set for Arizona

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul Avolta, a renewable energy company focused on originating, developing, owning and operating renewable natural gas (RNG) projects, along with its regional development partner, Atlas Global Holdings, LLC, recently broke ground on a RNG project at the Butterfield … Continue reading →

Tagged anaerobic digester, biogas, cow manure, renewable natural gas

Delaware Companies Agree to $50 Million PFAS Settlement

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul In what has been described by some as a landmark environmental justice resolution, on July 13, 2021, Delaware-based companies DuPont, Chemours and Corteva agreed to pay Delaware $50 million according to a settlement reached in connection with … Continue reading →

Tagged environmental justice, PFAS, PFOA, Teflon

Trump Administration’s Clean Water Rule to Remain as Agencies Seek its Revision

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Chris Colyer

by Patrick J. Paul On Wednesday, July 14, 2021, a federal court in South Carolina allowed the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), defining the scope of Clean Water Act jurisdiction, to remain in place while the U.S. Environmental … Continue reading →

Tagged clean water act, Navigable Waters Protection Rule, NWPR, Waters of the United States

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