by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
LEAKS AND PUMPS AND TANKS, OH MY!!!Posted on July 8, 2016 by Karen Crawford In May 2016, EPA finalized updates to its New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and gas industry which amended 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOOO and added new requirements (Subpart...
by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
FLORIDA GETS A “DO-OVER”Posted on July 2, 2018 by Karen Crawford Florida v. Georgia, 585 U.S. ____ (2018), Slip Opinion No. 142, June 27, 2018 On June 27, in a 5-4 decision the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS or the Court) rejected the Special Master’s conclusion that the...
by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
A Decade Later: Industry Successful in Latest Challenge to 2015 "Verified Recycler Exclusion"By Karen Aldridge Crawford – March 12, 2018 Finally, following a decade of challenges to attempts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to drastically narrow the...
by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING… 27 YEAR OLD RCRA UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK RULES GET A FACELIFTPosted on July 20, 2015 by Karen Crawford I remember as though it were yesterday when the Underground Storage Tank (UST) regulations were finalized in 1988, requiring owners...
by admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
First Circuit Rules Puerto Rico Municipal Ordinances Are PreemptedThe court determined that the ordinances could not be enforced to the extent they directly conflicted with commonwealth law as promulgated by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board. By Karen...
by admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
So, You Live under a Rock? Does the Clean Water Act Apply to Your Water Down There?The circuits are split on whether the reach of the CWA extends to groundwater. By Karen Aldridge Crawford Unless you live under a rock, you have likely heard the news and...
