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EPA issued the order under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, which gives it the authority to force parties responsible for pollution to clean it up.

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern to clean up contaminated soil and wa...

EPA issued the order under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, which gives it the authority to force parties responsible for pollution to clean it up.

Last month, the US Department of the Interior (DOI) announced an effort to reform key regulations for assessing natural resource damages (NRD) at Superfund sites. If promulgated, the proposed...

The federal government is sending medical personnel and toxicologists to conduct public health testing following the derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials that released into a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.

Seyfarth Synopsis: ASTM 1527-21 is now in effect.  The ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments is evaluated every eight years.  The most recent update, ASTM E1527 – 21,...

Developing a Proactive and Strategic Game Plan - Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products continue to be in the regulatory and litigation spotlight...

The Biden administration said it will hold Norfolk Southern accountable for cleanup costs stemming from its train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

A Biden administration official called the Feb. 3 train derailment a "trauma visited upon this community."The post Federal government to send medical experts to site of Ohio train derailment appeared

Such laws, if passed, would require polluters to pay for the cleanup of contaminated land and water.