by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog
The direction of the EPA under the new administration has been on the mind of the regulated community, as well as environmental groups, for several months. Following the submittal of the Draft FY 2018-2022 EPA Strategic Plan, we are getting a better idea of this...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Jul 20, 2017 | Blog
Whether we agreed with it or not, it seemed like there was a process in Michigan to evaluate the vapor intrusion pathway under Part 201 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA) at sites with releases of volatile chemicals. However, just when...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog
In late 2008, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a “final rule” exempting air release reporting for animal waste at farms under two environmental regulations: the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated on several occasions that one of their priorities is to focus on agriculture. In fact, as we wrote in late 2015, the EPA stated that one of their six 2017-2019 focus areas was going to be “Preventing Animal...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Nov 28, 2016 | Blog
In the 1960s and 1970s, there was no denying that many bodies of water in the United States were seriously impacted. When I was going through college, the Clean Water Act (CWA) was relatively new, and there were grass-root efforts to clean up our local lakes, rivers,...
