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03.10.2020Think Globally, Act Locally?Articles
American College of Environmental Lawyers
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01.23.2020Washington Supreme Court Invalidates Indirect Emitter Portions of the Clean Air RuleUpdatesIn a split decision issued on January 16, 2020 the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Ecology lacks authority under the state’s Clean Air Act (CCA) to cap greenhouse gas emissions from indirect emitters like natural gas and petroleum product distributors.
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2019Allocating Cleanup Costs Among Potentially Responsible PartiesLawyer Publications
Remediation
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10.18.2019A Case Study in a Successful Natural Resource Damage SettlementLawyer Publications
28th Annual Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite®
California Lawyers Association -
2018Cost Recovery and ContributionLawyer Publications
Real Property Deskbook
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02.08.2018Fast and Furious; 21 Superfund Sediment Sites Targeted for “Immediate, Intense Action”ArticlesOn December 8, 2017, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt designated 21 Superfund sites for “immediate, intense action.” It’s unclear whether this effort will be more successful than many of EPA’s previous failed efforts to comply with its policies for contaminated sediment sites.
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03.08.2017Applying EPA Guidance to Improve Sediment Site CleanupsArticlesAfter years of struggling to implement prompt and cost-effective cleanups of sediment sites under the Superfund program, EPA has adopted a new set of tools. This would be a good time for EPA to conduct an unbiased evaluation of whether recent Records of Decisions issued for sediment sites comply with the Office of the Land and Emergency Management Directive 9200.1-130 (Jan. 9, 2017), and direct the regions to revise RODs where necessary.
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08.31.2016Significant Changes to Washington State’s Voluntary Cleanup ProgramUpdatesThe Washington State Department of Ecology recently rolled out significant changes to its Voluntary Cleanup Program.
