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Welcome to the S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law Blog. This blog is a resource for the regulated community to stay current on new developments impacting the environmental, natural resources and energy sectors. It provides timely updates on a broad range of federal, state and local environmental topics — including proposed legislation and government rulemakings — that impact regulated industries throughout the southwest and the nation as a whole.
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Office of Environmental Justice & Reviving Supplemental Environmental Projects
by Luke Narducci and Amanda Reeve On May 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (“USDOJ”) announced the launch of a new comprehensive environmental justice (“EJ”) strategy. The three-prong strategy, as laid out by the U.S. Attorney General in an … Continue reading
Tagged DOJ, environmental justice, SEP, Supplemental Environmental Project
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FERC Seeks Over $508 Million to Accomplish 2023 Strategic Priorities
by Kelly A. Daly Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) submitted its Fiscal Year 2023 Congressional Justification. This document, which is submitted annually, consolidates the Annual Performance Plan with the Performance Budget Request for the primary purpose of communicating … Continue reading
Tagged environmental justice, FERC, FERC Budget, FERC priorities, safeguarding the electric grid
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Delaware Companies Agree to $50 Million PFAS Settlement
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
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Environmental Justice Coming into Focus Under Biden’s USEPA
by Amanda Reeve and Lucas J. Narducci In its June 25, 2021 Press Release, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) presented its plan for utilizing $50 million dollars, allocated to the agency under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021/Covid-19 … Continue reading
Tagged environmental justice, EPA
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Environmental Justice: A Focus in Air Toxics Data Reporting
by Lucas J. Narducci & Amanda A. Reeve We all have been waiting to see what new course or approach will be taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) in regard to environmental justice. Rather than a major new … Continue reading
Tagged clean air act, environmental justice, EPA
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EPA to Collect PFAS Manufacturing Data
by Patrick J. Paul On June 10, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announced three actions demonstrating its commitment to help reduce the potential risks to the public from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). RELEASE Those actions included issuing a … Continue reading
Tagged environmental justice, PFAS, TRI
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LA County to Adopt Green Zone Ordinance, Environmental Justice Initiative
by Sean M. Sherlock Environmental justice is a principle that has been around since at least the 1990s, with roots back to the 1960s. The US EPA describes environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people … Continue reading
Tagged environmental justice, Green Zones, Los Angeles County
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