U.S. Supreme Court allows pre-enforcement review of administrative compliance orders issued by EPA under the Clean Water Act *

USA - March 23 2012
On March 21, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Sackett v. EPA, 556 U.S. ___ (2012), that an administrative compliance order issued by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") under the Clean Water Act was a final agency action properly subject to pre-enforcement review under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA").

Co-authors: Sean S. Twomey , Brett H. Oberst.

EPA's proposed emissions standards for coal and oil-fired power plants may set the stage for new toxic tort litigation over exposures to hexavalent chromium and other chemicals *

USA - May 2 2011
On March 16, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed the first national standards to reduce hexavalent chromium, mercury, and other toxic air pollution from coal and oil-fired power plants, also known as electrical generating units ("EGUs").

Co-authors: Peter E. Seley , Patrick W. Dennis, Alan N. Bick .

EPA to regulate perchlorate and sixteen other chemicals in drinking water *

USA - February 3 2011
On February 2, 2011, US EPA announced that it will set drinking water limits on the chemical perchlorate, the solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE), and a number of other chemicals commonly used in industrial operations.

Co-authors: Peter E. Seley , Patrick W. Dennis, Alan N. Bick .