by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog
If you are keeping notes, the wrangling, disputes, and litigating over what is and is not a regulated or jurisdictional water of the United States had a new entry into the ledger. This time the news comes from The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit....
by Alan Hahn | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog
As state and federal regulators continue to work on identifying sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), develop new analytical methods, and toxicological data, we expect to see PFAS incorporated into various existing regulatory programs. In some cases,...
by Alan Hahn | Feb 24, 2021 | Blog
In a final look back at a year that was anything but ordinary, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued their “2020 Annual Environmental Enforcement Results.” Assistant Administrator, for Compliance and Enforcement, Susan Bodin said, “In FY 2020, EPA...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog
Like many you who are in charge of environmental management issues, we do our best to keep a pulse on relevant issues (groundwater, remediation, environmental compliance, etc…). One topic that continues to dominate the headlines is per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
by Alan Hahn | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog
Last spring, DuPont said they would appeal the decision that would pay two plaintiffs $50 million for exposure to the chemical C8. The chemical that is referred to as C8 is more recognizable as PFOA or perfluorooctanoic acid. That appeal was denied as 2020 drew to a...
by Alan Hahn | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog
With the emphasis on compliance over enforcement during the Trump Administration, the enforcement news has looked different over the past few years. With that said, there was a hefty fine just shy of seven million dollars under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...
