United States v. CR-Troy, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-463 (S.D. Ind. Sept. 26, 2023). Under a proposed consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants must pay $3,650,000 in response costs and perform remedial measures at the Elm Street Groundwater Contamination Site in Terre Haute, Indiana.
FEMA proposed to amend its regulations to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and update the agency's eight-step decisionmaking process for floodplain reviews.
The president issued a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies regarding the restoration of healthy and abundant salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin.
This Comment argues that what is needed to make sustainability work for business is a National Business Sustainability Council that would develop and promulgate sustainability criteria, be able to evaluate whether specific small businesses are meeting those criteria, and be able to “certify” that a small business is, in fact, meeting these criteria, and is therefore “sustainable.” It asserts the Council’s criteria and evaluation methodology should be both rigorous and transparent, such that when the Council awards a sustainability certification to a business, the federal and state governmen
Plastic pollution is a global environmental problem with a disproportionate impact on marginalized communities and other vulnerable groups. On June 27, 2023, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), ELI’s Women in Environmental Law & Leadership initiative, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and WilmerHale co-hosted a panel of experts who explored the environmental justice implications of continued production and disposal of plastics, and addressed key domestic and international policy efforts.
EPA entered into a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA with Sugar Pine Hotel, Inc., for the recovery of $44,192 plus interest in past response costs incurred at the Klamath Falls Motel Mercury Spill Response site.
EPA announced that it is establishing the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council.
EPA granted authorization to the state of Wyoming for the changes to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.
EPA proposed to grant authorization to the state of Wyoming for the changes to its hazardous waste management program under RCRA.
The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council proposed to amend its regulations to revise the scope of "mining" as a sector with infrastructure projects eligible for coverage under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act.