by Alan Hahn | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog
There are several proposed changes to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. Some of the changes are minor, while some are more significant and may warrant a closer look, if not concern. General Overview of NPDES Proposed Changes There...
by Alan Hahn | Jul 13, 2016 | Blog
While much of the nation’s environmental enforcement attention has been on Volkswagen’s Clean Air Act violations and their class action settlement of more than $10 billion, it’s the other enforcements that might be of greater interest. If you follow our newsletters...
by Alan Hahn | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog
When the United States House of Representatives passes environmental/chemical safety legislation 403-12, the Environmental Protection Agency supports it, and it receives accolades from groups as diverse as the American Chemistry Council and the Environmental Defense...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog
In our April 28th blog, So Now…How Clean is Clean?, we “introduced” the changes to Michigan’s Cleanup Criteria under Part 201 of Public Act 451. In that blog, we mentioned that the vapor pathway received considerable attention. We now have some additional details...
by Alan Hahn | May 12, 2016 | Blog
From time to time, we use this blog to take a brief look at environmental enforcement action across the United States. Here are a few observations. County Government hit with MS4 Violations Salt Lake County, Utah, owns and operates a municipal separate storm sewer...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog
In the nearly 30 years that Dragun has been advising clients on environmental assessment and cleanup matters, we have often used the analogy of a pendulum as it relates to cleanup criteria. Over a period of years, with new toxicological data (and other factors), the...
