A district court held that the United States' action to collect an EPA civil monetary penalty imposed against an oil refining company under RCRA and the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act (FDCPA) is not time barred. The parties agreed that the five-year limitations period under 28 U.S.C. §...
A Michigan appellate court upheld the state environmental agency's concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) rule. The challenged rule falls within the scope of the agency's statutory rulemaking authority, is rationally related to the agency's statutory mandate to protect Michigan's waters from p...
The president issued a memorandum calling upon all agencies to make regulatory compliance information and enforcement data readily accessible to the public.
The president issued Executive Order No. 13563 to improve regulation and regulatory review by federal agencies.
EPA announced the availability of 2011 Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act grants for coastal recreation water monitoring and public notification programs.
EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement in New York v. EPA, No. 06-1322 (D.C. Cir.), that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take action.
EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement in American Petroleum Institute v. EPA, No. 08-1277 (D.C. Cir.), that establishes deadlines for EPA's proposed and final actions.
EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under the CAA that establishes deadlines for EPA to take action relating to attainment determinations for the PM NAAQS.
EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Sierra Club v. Jackson, No. 10-cv-0859 (D.D.C.), that requires the Agency to respond to a petition seeking EPA's objection to a CAA Title V operating permit issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority's Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro, Kentucky, by February 9, 2011.
EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Jackson, No. CV-10-6029-MMM-AGR (C.D. Cal.), that establishes a deadline for the Agency to take final action on the 2007 SIP and management plan for the South Coast air quality management district.