Environmental Protection Agency
08.3.2018 |
Ronald W. Farley
Irony abounds as the new Acting Administrator at EPA last Tuesday announced historic progress under the Clean Air Act even while the Administration works to…
03.1.2017 |
Ronald W. Farley
President Trump has proposed a dramatic cut in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, the new EPA Administrator has suggested rollbacks in regulations, and there…
12.5.2016 |
Ronald W. Farley
A recent article in The New York Times titled: Perils of Climate Change Could Swamp Coast Real Estate, indicates that rising seas and storm-related flooding…
09.30.2016 |
Ronald W. Farley
The EPA's publication of a coal ash rule on April 17, 2015, did little to resolve the debate about the proper management of the material…
07.12.2016 |
William L. Penny
EPA is increasing civil penalties for all statutes it administers that call for the assessment of civil penalties. These increases are not recommendations or proposed…
07.5.2016 |
Ronald W. Farley
President Obama signed a major reform of the Nation's chemical safety standards on Wednesday, June 22. The legislation amended the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act,…
06.8.2016 |
Ronald W. Farley
Certain regulated entities that operate under Clean Air Act permits are being reminded that those permits do not necessarily cover air emissions associated with the…
03.4.2016 |
Ronald W. Farley
Flint, Michigan's problems with lead in its drinking water have been well documented, and this has prompted reports of similar problems detected in other communities,…
02.15.2016 |
John A. Schifino
On February 9, 2016, the United States Supreme Court dealt the Obama administration a setback when it temporarily blocked the Obama administration's efforts to regulate…
02.2.2016 |
Ronald W. Farley
The problems with the quality of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, are not necessarily an isolated collection of failures. From a technical standpoint, the potential…