Environmental Law Matters
07.6.2020 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
Three months after issuing its COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program temporary policy memorandum suspending enforcement of certain environmental requirements, the U.S.…
06.16.2020 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
In early 2020, the Alabama Environmental Management Commission promulgated rules establishing procedures by which the Department of Environmental Management will regulate land application of eligible…
04.23.2020 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
Apropos of the ongoing celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the U.S. Supreme Court today released its opinion in the Clean Water Act…
03.26.2020 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
In a much-anticipated memo dated March 26, 2020, the U.S. EPA shares “COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program.” The seven-page memo, from…
01.28.2020 | by:
William L. Penny
Kathryn Grundy
On January 23, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the “Agencies”) issued the “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” as…
09.12.2019 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management can finally breathe a sigh of relief, as the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion…
04.17.2019 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
On April 15, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a much-anticipated Interpretative Statement on Releases of Pollutants from Point Sources to Groundwater. Last…
03.4.2019 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
The Senate narrowly confirmed Andrew Wheeler as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, February 28, 2019, by a vote of 52-47. No Democrats…
02.20.2019 | by:
Schuyler K. Espy
On February 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order granting review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in County of Maui…
02.4.2019 | by:
Ronald W. Farley
EPA enforcement actions as reflected by the amount of assessed civil penalties have dropped substantially during the first two years of the Trump Administration. (Washington…
