{"id":1,"date":"2021-02-14T18:17:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T18:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaclaw.visibilitywebdesign.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2021-03-11T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:20:15","slug":"epa-issues-temporary-covid-19-policy-on-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klaclaw.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/epa-issues-temporary-covid-19-policy-on-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Issues Temporary COVID-19 Policy on Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;9px|||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-97px||||false|false&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]<div>\n<header class=\"aba-article-header\">\n<hgroup>\n<h2 class=\"aba-article-header__subhead\">The EPA set forth a temporary policy regarding enforcement of environmental legal obligations as regulated entities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/h2>\n<h6 class=\"aba-article-header__authors\">By Karen Aldridge Crawford<\/h6>\n<\/hgroup>\n<div>\n<section class=\"aba-article-sponsored-logo\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section data-component-name=\"share-social\" data-component-type=\"social\"><span class=\"aba-product-share__share-wrapper__label\">Share:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"aba-product-share__share-wrapper__icons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanbar.org%2Fgroups%2Flitigation%2Fcommittees%2Fenvironmental-energy%2Farticles%2F2020%2Fsummer2020-epa-issues-temporary-covid-19-policy-on-enforcement%2F\" class=\"aba-product-share__share-wrapper__icon\" title=\"Share via Facebook\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=EPA%20Issues%20Temporary%20COVID-19%20Policy%20on%20Enforcement%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanbar.org%2Fgroups%2Flitigation%2Fcommittees%2Fenvironmental-energy%2Farticles%2F2020%2Fsummer2020-epa-issues-temporary-covid-19-policy-on-enforcement%2F\" class=\"aba-product-share__share-wrapper__icon\" title=\"Share via Twitter\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?title=EPA%20Issues%20Temporary%20COVID-19%20Policy%20on%20Enforcement&amp;mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanbar.org%2Fgroups%2Flitigation%2Fcommittees%2Fenvironmental-energy%2Farticles%2F2020%2Fsummer2020-epa-issues-temporary-covid-19-policy-on-enforcement%2F\" class=\"aba-product-share__share-wrapper__icon\" title=\"Share via LinkedIn\"><span class=\"icon-linkedin\"><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a class=\"aba-product-share__share-wrapper__icon\" title=\"Print\"><span class=\"icon-print\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"divider basecomponent\">\n<section class=\"aba-divider\">\n<div class=\"aba-divider__line\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content basecomponent\">\n<section class=\"aba-article-content\">\n<p><i>We are monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation as it relates to law and litigation. Find more resources and articles on<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/litigation\/covid-19\/\">our COVID-19 portal<\/a>.\u00a0For the duration of the crisis, all coronavirus-related articles are outside our paywall and available to all readers.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"divider basecomponent\">\n<section class=\"aba-divider\">\n<div class=\"aba-divider__line\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-image-embed basecomponent\">\n<section class=\"aba-article-image-embed\">\n<figure class=\"aba-article-image-embed__figure\"><picture class=\"aba-article-image-embed__picture cq-dd-image\"><source srcset=\"\/content\/dam\/aba\/images\/litigation\/litigationcommittees\/articles\/woman-holding-sign.png.transform\/wide\/s75\/img.png 1x, \/content\/dam\/aba\/images\/litigation\/litigationcommittees\/articles\/woman-holding-sign.png.transform\/wide-2x\/s75\/img.png 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/content\/dam\/aba\/images\/litigation\/litigationcommittees\/articles\/woman-holding-sign.png.transform\/wide\/img.png 1x, \/content\/dam\/aba\/images\/litigation\/litigationcommittees\/articles\/woman-holding-sign.png.transform\/wide-2x\/img.png 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" \/><source srcset=\"\/content\/dam\/aba\/images\/litigation\/litigationcommittees\/articles\/woman-holding-sign.png.transform\/wide\/s75\/img.png 1x, \/content\/dam\/aba\/images\/litigation\/litigationcommittees\/articles\/woman-holding-sign.png.transform\/wide-2x\/s75\/img.png 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 640px)\" \/><img class=\"aba-article-image-embed__image\" srcset=\"\/content\/dam\/aba\/images\/litigation\/litigationcommittees\/articles\/woman-holding-sign.png.transform\/wide\/s50\/img.png 1x, \/content\/dam\/aba\/images\/litigation\/litigationcommittees\/articles\/woman-holding-sign.png.transform\/wide-2x\/s50\/img.png 2x\" alt=\"The EPA will exercise discretion for noncompliance covered by the temporary policy and resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.\" \/><\/picture><\/p>\n<figcaption class=\"aba-article-image-embed__figcaption\">\n<p class=\"aba-article-image-embed__detail\">The EPA will exercise discretion for noncompliance covered by the temporary policy and resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aba-article-image-embed__cite\">pixels.com\/cottonbro<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content basecomponent\">\n<section class=\"aba-article-content\">\n<p>On March 26, 2020, Susan Bodine, the assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), issued a<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2020-03\/documents\/oecamemooncovid19implications.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memorandum<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>setting forth a temporary policy regarding EPA enforcement of environmental legal obligations as regulated entities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the policy, the EPA will exercise discretion for noncompliance covered by the temporary policy and resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy will be applied to noncompliance within its scope in lieu of an otherwise applicable EPA enforcement policy. The policy will apply retroactively, beginning on March 13, 2020, and be in effect until terminated. The self-disclosure program remains available.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EPA set forth a temporary policy regarding enforcement of environmental legal obligations as regulated entities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. By Karen Aldridge Crawford Share: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation as it relates to law and litigation. Find more resources and articles on\u00a0our COVID-19 portal.\u00a0For the duration of the crisis, all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Susan Bodine, the assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), issued a memorandum on March 26 setting forth a temporary policy regarding EPA enforcement of environmental legal obligations as regulated entities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the policy, the EPA will exercise discretion for noncompliance covered by the temporary policy and resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy will be applied to noncompliance within its scope in lieu of an otherwise applicable EPA enforcement policy. The policy will apply retroactively, beginning on March 13, 2020, and be in effect until terminated. The self-disclosure program remains available.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Originally published in ABA Environmental &amp; Energy Litigation Newsletter - July 2020.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Please see full Publication below for more information.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EPA Issues Temporary COVID-19 Policy on Enforcement - Klac Law Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/klaclaw.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/epa-issues-temporary-covid-19-policy-on-enforcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPA Issues Temporary COVID-19 Policy on Enforcement - Klac Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The EPA set forth a temporary policy regarding enforcement of environmental legal obligations as regulated entities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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