by Alan Hahn | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog
In June of 2015, Michigan’s Governor, Rick Snyder, Ontario’s Premier, Kathleen Wynn, and Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor, Mary Taylor, signed the Western Basin of Lake Erie Collaborative Agreement. What is the agreement, and how might it affect those in the Western Basin...
by Alan Hahn | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog
In our October 17th blog, we shared EPA’s Enforcement Initiatives for 2017-2019 (the new “cycle” will begin October 1, 2016). Based on “stakeholder” feedback, those plans have now been expanded. The original initiatives, such as focusing on livestock agriculture,...
by Alan Hahn | Feb 9, 2016 | Blog
The official title of our presentation at the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) meeting last fall (October 2015) was, “Avoiding the Bad Environmental Ending: The Former Military Base.” What was appealing to many of the municipal lawyers and other...
by Mark Resch | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog
Back in September 2015, we reported on the on-going development of the state-funded financial assurance program for addressing the cleanup of leaking underground storage tanks (LUSTs) in Michigan. At that time, the statute had been enacted, but the program was still...
by Matt Schroeder, P.E. | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog
Just over a year ago, we reported on some positive changes as they relate to recycling provisions in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (in Michigan). As we, and others, said – these were common-sense changes. Changes to Part 121 of PA 451 And now, there are...
by Alan Hahn | Dec 29, 2015 | Blog
How busy was the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2015? According to the EPA’s December 2015 press release, “In fiscal year 2015, EPA secured record-setting hazardous waste, Clean Air Act, and Superfund settlements…” Here are some of the...
