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#Environment attorneys Dianne R. Phillips, Jose Almanzar, Meaghan A. Colligan (Hembree) and Robert Frank, and environmental legislative assistant Molly Broughton, co-authored an article included in Pratt's Energy Law Report about the #EPA's final #PFAS drinking #water regulations. The article examines the changes introduced by the finalized regulations, plus updated #compliance requirements for public water facilities and states. Read more: https://bit.ly/3R6wc5b #environmentallaw #waterlaw

On 11 June 2024, the Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was passed. This significant piece of legislation, now officially the Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024, came into effect on 18 June 2024.   The amending Act makes a number of amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act), with some of the key amendments being: • new principles being added to section 6A of the EP Act; • an amendment to the definition of ‘environmental harm’; • the introduction of a new offence for breaches of the general environmental duty; • the introduction of a new duty to restore; • changes to the duty to notify; • the replacement / consolidation of Environmental Protection Orders, Directions Notices and Clean-up Notices with the new compliance tool of Environmental Enforcement Orders; • the commencement of a new process for amending transitional environmental programs; and • changes to evidentiary provisions. A copy of the amending Act can be accessed at https://lnkd.in/ggfyYVk7 #environmental #protection #legislation #queensland #law #dentons

U.S. Supreme Court to review emergency petition challenging EPA's Good Neighbor Rule.  Stay updated on crucial environmental law developments. Learn more! https://lnkd.in/gjseuV9d #SupremeCourt #EnvironmentalLaw #EPA #LegalNews #SCOTUSUpdate

At both the federal and state levels, there are numerous environmental law and regulatory changes, developments and updates every year. This program will take a look. https://buff.ly/47XVpo6

Section 308 of #Pennsylvania’s voluntary cleanup statute makes all intermediate decisions by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection appealable de novo to the #PaEHB. That’s weird. My April column in The Legal Intelligencer’s Pa L Weekly considers that provision. Read it at https://lnkd.in/eyRsjD-T or on Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s #E2lawblog. #environmentallaw #environmentallitigation #contamination #cleanup #Act2 #landrecycling

When it comes to environmental law and regulations, the only question now remaining is when—and not if—the courts will be asked to resolve contentious issues, says Crowell & Moring’s Elizabeth Dawson. Read more in the #LitigationForecast:

When it comes to environmental law and regulations, the only question now remaining is when—and not if—the courts will be asked to resolve contentious issues, says Crowell & Moring’s Elizabeth Dawson. Read more in the #LitigationForecast:

When it comes to environmental law and regulations, the only question now remaining is when—and not if—the courts will be asked to resolve contentious issues, says Crowell & Moring’s Elizabeth Dawson. Read more in the #LitigationForecast:

When it comes to environmental law and regulations, the only question now remaining is when—and not if—the courts will be asked to resolve contentious issues, says Crowell & Moring’s Elizabeth Dawson. Read more in the #LitigationForecast:

Some environmental laws provide for attorney fees recovery, so it's confusing as to why it's allowed sometimes and not others. These are the five questions to ask that will help determine whether you're eligible to ask for fees (and whether you'll get them). https://lnkd.in/eykpfpmh #Recovery #Fees #NovakLaw #Environment #California #Lawyer