Paige Samblanet

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.

Sep 1, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Paige Samblanet |Ronda Sandquist

On Aug. 29, 2023, the Biden administration issued a prepublication version of yet another final Clean Water Act rule (“Conforming Rule”) revising the definition of “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA, published May 25, 2023. With this Conforming Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps,” and collectively, “the Agencies”) will amend the administration’s prior Jan.