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Philadelphia Water Department Rides a Wave of Rate Increases
March 23, 2021
OSHA Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Modify Hazard Communication Standard
Comment Period Closes April 19, 2021
March 5, 2021
EPA Finalizes 2021 Stormwater Permit for Industrial Activities
March 4, 2021
New Jersey Establishes New Climate Office and Green Economy Council
Awards $100M in Green Transportation Grants
February 18, 2021
Are Changes to EPA’s Risk Management Program “Ripe for the Picking” in the Early Days of the Biden Administration?
February 16, 2021
NJDEP Extends Site Remediation Program Timeframes and May 7, 2021 RA Deadline
COVID-19 UPDATE
February 9, 2021
NJDEP Holds January 20, 2021 Stakeholder Meetings on Environmental Justice Law Implementation Issues
January 25, 2021
Use of EPA Method 204 to Regulate Fugitive Emissions
January 20, 2021
New Source Review: Issues to Watch
January 19, 2021
2021 Impact of NJDEP 2020 C-1 Water Quality Designations for Additional Waterways
January 12, 2021
2021 Environmental and Energy Law Forecast
January 12, 2021
Forecast of Federal Environmental Policy in 2021
January 11, 2021
Changing Nature of Climate Change
January 11, 2021
New Source Review: Issues to Watch
January 11, 2021
Trump’s EPA Makes a Late Push to Revive the Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Exemption, but Will It Get Out of the Starting Gate?
January 11, 2021
What to Expect from the Renewable Fuel Standards Program in 2021
January 11, 2021
Biden Administration Poised to Implement TSCA Requirements
January 11, 2021
Federal Regulation and Legislation of PFAS Expected to Accelerate in 2021
January 11, 2021
Superfund Program Likely to Receive Fresh Scrutiny in 2021
January 11, 2021
Choppy Waters Ahead - NPDES Permitting for Discharges through Groundwater
January 11, 2021
Back on the Merry-Go-Round: Efforts to Expand Federal Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Expected in 2021
January 11, 2021
EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 5 to Include an Expanded List of PFAS Constituents and Additional Public Water Systems
January 11, 2021
SEPs Set for Comeback in Federal Settlements
January 11, 2021
Pennsylvania’s Climate Change Initiatives Entering 2021
January 11, 2021
PADEP New Management of Fill Policy Forecast of Impacts
January 11, 2021
Significant Changes Coming to Act 2 Cleanup Standards
January 11, 2021
PFAS Remain a Pennsylvania Focus
January 11, 2021
Public Comment Period Opens on Amendments to PADEP’s Wetland Permitting Program
January 11, 2021
Applying the Environmental Rights Amendment in 2021
January 11, 2021
Pennsylvania’s Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) III Rule Expected in 2021
January 11, 2021
Philadelphia Building Energy Performance Tune-Up Time
January 11, 2021
Pennsylvania Enacts Controversial Bill Promoting Advanced Plastics Recycling
January 11, 2021
New Jersey Site Remediation Program Faces Key Issues in 2021
January 11, 2021
NJ Claims for Natural Resource Damages Likely to Continue in 2021
January 11, 2021
New Jersey in Forefront in Regulation of PFAS Despite Ongoing Legal Challenge
January 11, 2021
New NJ Brownfields Tax Credit Program Enacted Under Economic Recovery Act of 2020
January 11, 2021
New Jersey’s New Environmental Justice Law Set to Resonate Throughout 2021
January 11, 2021
New Jersey PACT – Regulatory Activity to Expect in 2021 for Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Land Use Regulation
January 11, 2021
Public Comment Period Opens on the First Amendments to PADEP’s Wetland Permitting Program in Nearly Thirty Years
December 22, 2020
Public Comment Period Opens on Proposed Rulemaking to Establish Pennsylvania as Member of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
November 12, 2020
NJDEP Releases Global Warming Response Act 80X50 Report
October 22, 2020
NJDEP Issues Environmental Justice Guidance for Entire New Jersey Executive Branch
October 6, 2020
New Jersey Enacts Landmark Environmental Justice Law – Uncertainties Abound
September 21, 2020
NJDEP Publishes Notice to Register Permits and Approvals to Trigger Extension Under the 2020 Permit Extension Act
COVID-19 Update
September 10, 2020
PADEP Develops COVID-19 Guidance
COVID-19 Update
August 25, 2020
NJDEP Extends Certain Site Remediation Deadlines 270 Days
COVID-19 Update
August 20, 2020
New Proposed Rulemaking - Definition of “Habitat” Under the Endangered Species Act
August 13, 2020
PADEP Releases Draft Clean Streams Law Discharge Notification Guidance for Public Comment
August 10, 2020
Significant EPA Actions of 2020
July 23, 2020
NJDEP Schedules Public Hearing, Finalizes Comment Due Date for Proposed Revisions to Soil Remediation Standards; Leaves Site Remediation Fees Unchanged for FY2021
COVID-19 Update
July 6, 2020
New Jersey Enacts Permit Extension Act of 2020 to Incorporate Changes Sought in Governor’s Conditional Veto
COVID-19 Update
July 1, 2020
172 PFAS Added to TRI List of Chemicals
June 26, 2020
Hawai'i Supreme Court Rules that PUC Must Consider Out-of-State GHG Emissions in LNG Import Projects Rate Case
June 16, 2020
PADEP Releases Draft Cap Guidance for Public Comment
June 8, 2020
NJDEP Adopts MCLs and Groundwater Quality and Remediation Standards for PFOA, PFOS
June 2, 2020
EPA Finalizes Small Manufacturer Definition for Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements under TSCA Section 8(a)
May 28, 2020
COVID-19: OSHA Reversal on Recordkeeping and President’s Executive Order on Enforcement Discretion
COVID-19 Update
May 21, 2020
COVID-19 Response: Uncertain Impact of Stay-at-Home Orders on Environmental Remediation Sites, Environmental Consultants and Contractors
COVID-19 Update
May 19, 2020
New Jersey Legislature Passes Bill to Extend Permits and Approvals Because of COVID-19 Conditions
COVID-19 Update
May 18, 2020
NJDEP Commissioner McCabe Orders Extension of Regulatory Public Comment Periods
COVID-19 Update
May 12, 2020
Governor Murphy Issues Executive Order 136 Extending NJDEP Statutory Timeframes for Certain Land Use Permits, Utility Reviews, Recycling and E-Waste Reporting
COVID-19 Update
May 4, 2020
NJDEP Extends Site Remediation Program Deadlines During COVID-19 Emergency and Clarifies Remediation is “Essential Construction”
COVID-19 Update
April 27, 2020
NJDEP Issues General Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Alert
COVID-19 Update
April 23, 2020
NJDEP Modifies Regulated Waste Rules Due To COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 Update
April 22, 2020
NJDEP Rejects EPA COVID-19 Enforcement Policy for NJPDES Program
COVID-19 Update
April 20, 2020
OSHA & PA Dept. of Health Issue Additional COVID-19 Guidance/Order
COVID-19 Update
April 16, 2020
Philadelphia Granting COVID-19 Extensions to 2020 Compliance Deadline for Building Benchmarking
COVID-19 Update
April 16, 2020
Environmental Regulatory Implications of New Jersey Executive Order (EO) 122 Halting All Non-Essential Construction
COVID-19 Update
April 10, 2020
EPA Issues Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions at Superfund & RCRA Sites
COVID-19 Update
April 10, 2020
NJDEP Proposes Major Revisions to Remediation Standards
April 8, 2020
Summary of EPA COVID-19 Enforcement Policy
COVID-19 Update
April 2, 2020
Public Comments Due on EPA’s Draft Stormwater Permit for Industrial Activities
March 28, 2020
COVID-19: NJDEP Issues Gloss on Executive Order 107 for Regulated Entities
COVID-19 Update
March 27, 2020
EPA Finalizes New Chemical Data Reporting Rule Under TSCA
March 26, 2020
EPA Announces Preliminary PFOA and PFOS Regulatory Determinations for Drinking Water
March 19, 2020
Chemical Safety Board Issues Final Rule for Accidental Release Reporting
March 17, 2020
OSHA Guidance on COVID-19
COVID-19 Update
March 17, 2020
New Jersey Takes Aggressive Action on Energy, Climate and Resilience
January 28, 2020
Overview of Federal Activities
January 21, 2020
Legal Fights Over Clean Water Act Rule Expected to Continue in 2020
January 21, 2020
CERCLA Litigation
January 21, 2020
Climate Change Litigation - Uncertainty and Jockeying will Continue in 2020 on Jurisdictional Questions
January 21, 2020
Groundwater Discharge - U.S. Supreme Court May Decide Maui Case in 2020
January 21, 2020
Federal PFAS Legislative and Regulatory Developments
January 21, 2020
Toxic Substances Control Act Developments
January 21, 2020
National Environmental Policy Act Rulemaking to Revamp Environmental Project Reviews
January 21, 2020
Vehicle Emissions Standards
January 21, 2020
Revisions to Endangered Species Act Regulations
January 21, 2020
Federal Agencies Scheduled to Revamp Use of Guidance Documents
January 21, 2020
Pennsylvania’s Climate Change Initiatives Entering 2020
January 21, 2020
PADEP Issues New Management of Fill Policy
January 21, 2020
Changes Coming to Act 2 Requirements and Cleanup Standards
January 21, 2020
PFAS Picking Up Steam in Pennsylvania
January 21, 2020
Site Remediation Program Reform in 2020
January 21, 2020
Regulating and Remediating PFAS in New Jersey
January 21, 2020
Natural Resource Damages in 2020
January 21, 2020
Environmental Justice in New Jersey in 2020
January 21, 2020
New Jersey’s Climate Change Resilience Strategy
January 21, 2020
Stormwater Utilities – Progress Expected in 2020
January 21, 2020
New Stormwater Regulations Set to Take Effect in Delaware
January 21, 2020
PFAS Contamination Leading to Investigations and Litigation in Delaware
January 21, 2020
Carney Administration Continues to Push Climate Change Initiatives in Delaware
January 21, 2020
2020 Environmental and Energy Law Forecast
January 21, 2020
PADEP Issues New General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Activity
January 21, 2020
Applying the Environmental Rights Amendment in 2020
January 21, 2020
EPA Adds Hazardous Waste Aerosol Cans to List of Universal Waste
December 18, 2019
PADEP Issues New Management of Fill Policy
November 4, 2019

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