by Alan Hahn | Feb 8, 2019 | Blog
Last fall’s elections resulted in significant changes in leadership at the federal and state level. What has not changed is the lack of clarity with respect to regulatory guidelines for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). See our PFAS Resources Page for...
by Alan Hahn | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog
Politics and environmental issues have always been joined at the hip. After all, environmental laws, regulations, enforcement, etc. are a matter of federal and state policy. Under the current administration in Washington, D.C., this political-environmental connection...
by Alan Hahn | Dec 19, 2018 | Blog
We have devoted a lot of our regulatory updates to the issue of which waters are regulated (by the federal government) and which are not. This is a critical issue that has been unresolved for a number of years. However, with some recent regulatory developments, we...
by Alan Hahn | Oct 26, 2018 | Blog
Above all other environmental issues in the United States, clean water is most important to Americans. Although waters in the U.S. are “dramatically” cleaner than they used to be, these gains have come at tremendous financial burden and, still, there’s much to do....
by Alan Hahn | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog
A little over a year ago, we shared the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Draft Strategic Plan and that one of their three goals was “cooperative federalism” rather than a top down management/regulatory approach. This was a significant change in the philosophy...