by Alan Hahn | Jan 2, 2020 | Blog
Land application of biosolids may not be the image that comes to mind when you think of environmental enforcement, but biosolids surely were on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mind as 2019 came to a close. That, combined with more traditional...
by Alan Hahn | Dec 6, 2019 | Blog
The regulated community and the public at large have a direct interest in what the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is planning to do. The U.S. EPA’s agendas are anything but “typical” under the current administration that is decidedly...
by Mark Resch | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog
Note: This is the second in a two-part series on environmental due diligence (i.e., Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessment or ESA). See Environmental Liability Protection Basics: Environmental Due Diligence (aka Phase I Environmental Site Assessment). ...
by Alan Hahn | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog
Several years ago, April 5, 2016, to be precise, we shared news about expanding the applicability of the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rules to hazardous substances. As is the case with many environmental regulations, there has been a change. How...
by Alan Hahn | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog
During a recent live-stream presentation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, mentioned that the U.S. EPA will soon be turning 50 years old (the agency was formed on December 2, 1970). Administrator Wheeler also presented many...
by Alan Hahn | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog
Failure to submit required environmental reports can be financially consequential, not to mention the potential public relations challenges associated with an environmental violation. These violations can occur at small/medium-sized companies with no or limited...
