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Nov 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Katherine Duncan |Ruth Morris |Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) announced on Oct. 8, 2024, EPA has shifted its focus from addressing lead exceedances in drinking water to preventing lead in drinking water altogether. Under the LCRI, EPA will require approximately 67,000 public water systems to identify and replace lead service lines within a decade.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Atkinson |Carl Hartley |Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Manufacturing, as often noted, is the backbone of the American economy. Manufacturers not only innovate and create products that contribute to the betterment of our way of life but are also critically fundamental to our national competitiveness in a global marketplace. Additionally, manufacturers offer excellent wages, and each dollar invested by manufacturers produces a multiplier effect for local economies.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Jordan Cohen |Katherine Duncan |Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
On Feb. 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released two proposed rules addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). One proposed rule lists nine PFAS as hazardous constituents under RCRA. The other proposed rule changes the regulatory definition of “hazardous waste” for the purposes of RCRA’s Corrective Action Program.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Katherine Duncan |Wayne Forman |Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
The Tenth Circuit became the second federal appellate court—after the Ninth Circuit—to analyze how federal district courts should evaluate whether a discharge of pollutants to groundwater is the “functional equivalent” of a direct discharge and thus, subject to regulation and permitting under the Clean Water Act (CWA). In Stone v.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
wateronline.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
By Michael D. Smith
WSP water experts discuss the proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act and what they would mean for federal agency compliance.
The proposed regulatory changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) pose significant implications for many industry sectors, including infrastructure, land management, natural resources extraction, manufacturing, construction … and water.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Passed on May 30, 2019, the British Columbia Zero-Emission Vehicles Act requires automakers, and indirectly their dealers, to sell or lease an escalating percentage of new zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) vs. new internal combustion engine vehicles in the province, and to reach certain milestones: 10 percent ZEVs by 2025, 30 percent by 2030, and 100 percent by 2040. Bill 39-2023, the Zero-Emission Vehicles Amendment Act, 2023, has been introduced in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
einnews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
News Search | All News Topics > Native Americans News Topics: By Country | By State ; Press Releases by Industry Channel > All Native Americans Press Releases Rails to Trails Law Firm - Stewart, Wald & Smith ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES, October 25, 2023 / EINPresswire.com/ -- Stewart, Wald & Smith, a leading law firm that focuses on property rights of landowners specific to rail-trail conversions, is pleased to announce another victory on behalf of landowners in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm...
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
einnews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Diane Foley, NYT, and VOA experts to speak on reporter safety and press freedom at National Press Club, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. as war rages in Middle East The goal is to ensure that the James Foley Foundation’s journalist safety curriculum for undergraduate and graduate journalism schools keeps pace with the changing risks facing journalists today”— Diane Foley, founder and presidentWASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, October 10, 2023 / EINPresswire.com/ -- The James W.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Paige Samblanet |Michael Smith |Michaël Smith |Ryan Waterman
Imagine it’s August 2024 and you just got the dreaded news from a colleague that a government agency suspects that there are hazardous substances on a new property your company just bought. Even worse, your colleague just handed you an order from said government agency directing you to do soil and groundwater sampling.
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Sep 6, 2023 | 
einnews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith
Problem Statement and Recommended Solutions Whitepaper Seeks to Encourage Innovation and Improve Ecological Outcomes in 404 Stream Mitigation after EPA Decision This consensus initiative shows how current training resources and policy mechanisms reinforce the emphasis on form and stability, limiting viable restoration approaches for 404 stream mitigation.” — Adam Riggsbee, ERBA VP WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, September 6, 2023/ EINPresswire.com/ -- Following today’s...
