RCRA

EPA Issues Guidance For Continuing or Suspending Response Actions During COVID-19 Crisis

Brownfields, CERCLA, enforcement, Environmental Due Diligence, Hazardous Waste, oil spills, PCBs, Underground Storage Tanks, vapor intrusion, Water Pollution /

In our post discussing EPA’s Enforcement Discretion guidance, we mentioned that EPA was working on guidance for performing remedial actions during the Covid-19 crisis. On April 10th, EPA issued its “Interim Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions Due to Impacts of COVID-19” (Interim Guidance) to regional offices when determining to continue, reduce, or pause on-site […]

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Appellate Court Restricts NYSDEC Ability to Spend Superfund Money

CERCLA, Hazardous Waste /

A legal maxim is that  bad facts often make bad law. It appears that complex facts may have confused an Appellate Division court in In the Matter of FMC Corporation vs New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 2016 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6785 (App. Div.-Third Dept. 10/20/16) where the three judge-panel appeared to rule

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NYSDEC Proposes Amendments to Haz Waste Rules

Environmental Due Diligence, Hazardous Waste /

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing significant changes to its hazardous waste management regulations (6 NYCRR Parts 370-374 and 376). The proposed amendments are available here. The proposed changes will incorporate thirty-seven (37) amendments to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery (RCRA) regulations that have been adopted by the federal Environmental

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NYSDEC To Receive Full Delegation from EPA for RCRA Program

Hazardous Waste, Navigation Law, oil spills, Underground Storage Tanks /

EPA proposed to approve final authorization to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to administer the state hazardous waste program in lieu of the federal RCRA program. 78 FR 15299 (3/11/13). The authorization will become effective on May 10, 2013 unless EPA receives adverse written comment by April 10, 2013. The NYSDEC hazardous

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EPA Revises “Comfort Letters” to Facilitate Renewable Energy Development on Contaminated Sites

Brownfields, CERCLA, Environmental Due Diligence, solar energy /

EPA has revised its three model letters that may be used by regional offices when drafting site-specific comfort/status letters for lessees involved in renewable energy projects on contaminated property. The letters are intended to provide lessees who are contemplating leasing property for a proposed renewable energy development  and request a comfort/status letter from the EPA. The letters describe the information

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Obamacare Survives But Will CERCLA or RCRA?

Corporate and Real Estate Transactions, Hazardous Waste /

A majority of justices found that the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act violated the Commerce Clause  of the U.S. Constitution in National Federation of Independent Businesses v Sebelius. The Commerce Clause is the underpinning for the jurisdiction of the federal government to enact and enforce environmental laws such as CERCLA and RCRA. Thus,

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Environmental Saga Involves Successor Liability, Bankruptcy and Environmental Justice

bankruptcy, CERCLA, common law, Corporate and Real Estate Transactions, Hazardous Waste /

The most recent decision in Flake v. Schrader-Bridgeport Int’l, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30372  (M.D. Tenn., Mar. 23, 2011) is just another chapter in this long-running environmental saga involving a successor liability, bankruptcy, toxic tort and environmental justice issues along with a piece of American automotive history. This well-traveled case began in a Tennessee county

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County Liable to Developer for Migration of Landfill Gas

CERCLA, common law, Methane Gas, vapor intrusion /

A federal district court ruled that a Maryland county government was liable to a developer for damages resulting from the migration of landfill gas from a closed landfill to a planned development community. The court held that developer was entitled to recover response costs under CERCLA and that the subsurface migration of methane gas and VOCs

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Confusion Over Scope And Timing of RCRA Cleanup Leads to Potential Liability for Brownfield Developer

Brownfields, Corporate and Real Estate Transactions, Environmental Due Diligence, Hazardous Waste /

Last year, the brownfield community was rattled by the Ashley II decision of United States District court for the District of South Carolina holding that a brownfield developer failed to comply with the requirements of the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser defense. The court ruled the developer did not comply with its post-closing continuing care obligations

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