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Author of the article: Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles Publishing date: Mar 10, 2021  •  March 10, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Sunday has to wear a “onesie” or a cone so she doesnt pick at the stitches and wounds she sustained in a dog attack at the North Bay Off-Leash Dog Park at the end of Champlain Park Road March 3. The North Bay animal control officer is investigating. Submitted Article content Sara Desroches is still traumatized after a dog attacked her 25-pound sheltie, Sun...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As the Biden administration settles in, the pendulum of federal power has begun to swing back toward greater regulation. In response, regulated entities are beginning to review their range of options to engage in, challenge, or prepare for the host of new regulatory and enforcement initiatives that will shape their business practices for the next several years. While ramping up advocacy efforts, strategic planning, and internal compli...

EPA’s COVID-19 Enforcement Policy under Attack in the Courts Nine states and some nongovernmental organizations brought lawsuits against the agency’s temporary enforcement policy published amid the COVID-19 pandemic. By Charles M. Denton, Richard E. Glaze, and Ashley E. Parr Share: Wikimedia Commons | Moreau1 We are monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation as it relates to law and litigation. Find more resources and articles on our COVID-19 portal. For the duration of the...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As the Biden administration settles in, the pendulum of federal power has begun to swing back toward greater regulation. Regulated entities will want to review their range of options to engage in, challenge, or prepare for the host of new regulatory and enforcement initiatives that will shape their business practices for the next several years. While ramping up advocacy efforts, strategic planning, and internal compliance procedures, ...

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 On March 1, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released a report entitled  Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan.  GAO found that EPA completed three of six selected regulatory-related actions for addressing PFAS outlined in the  PFAS Action Plan.  For two of the three completed actions, the steps EPA took were also in response to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 (FY20 NDAA): After propo...

Key Takeaways What Is Happening? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the 2021 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities, which will take effect and supersede the 2015 MSGP on March 1, 2021. Who Is Impacted? Short term: industrial facilities in jurisdictions where EPA is the NPDES permitting authority. Longer-term: industrial facilities in states that model their ...

Advertisement Reducing the Flood of Changes—EPA Issues a More Tempered Final 2021 Multi-Sector General Permit than Originally Proposed Friday, February 26, 2021 Key Takeaways What Is Happening? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the 2021 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities, which will take effect and supersede the 2015 MSGP on March 1, 2021. W...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: We don’t need to wait for the confirmation of Michael Regan as the new Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to get the first look at how the Biden administration intends to regulate certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals. The agency is moving toward establishing a drinking water standard for PFOA and PFOS and has stated that it is considering avenues for regulating additional groups o...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: We’ve discussed in our previous posts the process that EPA will likely use to designate PFOA and PFOS as “hazardous substances,” how that designation will impact responsible parties, and what effects it may have on current EPA-lead investigations and remediations. In this article we discuss how the process may impact states that are also addressing PFAS. Many states have “superfund” laws modelled on CERCLA that allow those s...

The EPA is moving toward establishing a drinking water standard for PFOA and PFOS and has stated that it is considering avenues for regulating additional groups of PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act.