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Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 8 Jun 2023
Supreme Court Sustains High Bar to Diligent Prosecution Defense for Clean Water Act Citizen Suits
On May 15, 2023, the Supreme Court declined a certiorari petition that left in place a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit opinion that…
Cozen O'Connor | USA | 8 Jun 2023
Wildfire Smoke Exposure: What are an Employer’s Obligations?
When it became apparent yesterday that the wildfire smoke cascading throughout parts of the Northeastern United States was having a serious health…
Cozen O'Connor | USA | 8 Jun 2023
EPA’s PFAS Drinking Water Rule Wins AG Support
A coalition of 17 AGs filed comments in support of an EPA proposal that would set enforceable national drinking water standards for six per- and…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 8 Jun 2023
Minnesota Becomes Second State To Pass Sweeping PFAS Ban and Reporting Law Targeting All Products
In May 2023, Minnesota’s Governor Walz signed into law HF 2310, which bans the sale of certain Products Containing “intentionally added” per- and-…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 8 Jun 2023
U.S. EPA finalizes rule limiting confidentiality designations under the Toxic Substances Control Act
On May 31, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule designed to tighten confidential business information (CBI)…
Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 8 Jun 2023
US Supreme Court Narrows the Definition of “Waters of the United States” with Respect to Wetlands for Purposes of Federal Jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act
On May 25, 2023, the US Supreme Court, in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, ___ US_ (2023) (“Sackett”) held that “waters of the United…
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP | USA | 8 Jun 2023
Supreme Court Limits Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Over Wetlands
On May 25, 2023—17 years after the Rapanos v. United States decision—the U.S. Supreme Court decided Sackett v. EPA, settling the long-unresolved…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 7 Jun 2023
Wetlands and WOTUS: Implications of Sackett v. EPA
On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court held that the term “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”)—as used in the federal Clean Water Act…
Beveridge & Diamond PC | USA | 7 Jun 2023
New EPA Guidance on Lithium-Ion Batteries Leaves Critical Questions Unanswered
On May 24, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) issued guidance on the potential applicability of the nation’s…
Day Pitney LLP | USA | 7 Jun 2023
Supreme Court Curtails Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands Under Clean Water Act
On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court published an opinion in Sackett v. EPA that significantly curtails the federal government's jurisdiction to…
