EPA to Reconsider Previous Administration’s PM 2.5 NAAQS, Continuing its Deregulatory Push
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by Greg L. Johnson, Clare M. Bienvenu and Colin North
14h ago
On March 12, 2025, EPA Administrator Zeldin announced that the agency, as one of its 31 historic deregulatory actions to advance President Trump’s Day One executive orders and EPA’s “Powering the Great American Comeback,” will reconsider the previous administration’s rule tightening the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (PM2.5 NAAQS ..read more
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EPA Announces 31 Historic Actions Publicized as “Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen”
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by Greg L. Johnson, Clare M. Bienvenu and Colin North
1w ago
On March 12, 2025, EPA Administrator Zeldin announced that the agency will undertake 31 deregulatory actions to advance President Trump’s Day One executive orders and EPA’s “Powering the Great American Comeback ..read more
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EPA and Army Corps Issue New Guidance for Implementing WOTUS Definition under Supreme Court’s Sackett Decision
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by Greg L. Johnson, Clare M. Bienvenu and Colin North
1w ago
On March 12, 2025, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued a joint memorandum providing guidance to field staff on implementing the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) as it pertains to “adjacent wetlands ..read more
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NEPA Changes Slated Under President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy Executive Order
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by Greg L. Johnson, Clare M. Bienvenu and Emily von Qualen
1M ago
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued the “Unleashing American Energy” Executive Order (“EO”) with the stated purpose of ensuring an abundant supply of affordable and reliable energy in the United States ..read more
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Louisiana is “Open for Business,” but Projects Need to Proceed Carefully
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by Lou E. Buatt, Greg L. Johnson, Clare M. Bienvenu and Emily von Qualen
2M ago
On December 10, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump promised expedited permitting for energy and other construction projects worth more than $1 billion ..read more
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Casting a Wider Net: Proposed Expansion of Coastal States’ Authority
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by Jana Grauberger and Cristian M. Soler
3M ago
The Offshore Parity Act of 2024 (H.R. 10183), introduced on November 20, 2024, by Congressmen Garret Graves (R-LA) and Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA), looks to extend Louisiana’s state authority from 3 to 9 nautical miles offshore into the Gulf of Mexico ..read more
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EPA’s New Risk Management Program Regulations Impose New Requirements Including Additional Analyses for Process Hazards
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by Lou E. Buatt and Emily von Qualen
3M ago
In March 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued its final rule amending its Risk Management Program regulations (also referred to as, “Part 68”). These amended regulations went into effect on May 10, 2024 ..read more
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EPA Sets Limits on Certain PFAS in Drinking Water and Designates Some as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA, Posing Vast Challenges for Waste and Other Industries
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by Colin North, Emily von Qualen, Clare M. Bienvenu, Greg L. Johnson and Michael Mims
3M ago
EPA issues two rules for regulating #PFAS under the #SDWA and #CERCLA. The rules (1) set enforceable limits in drinking water for six PFAS, and (2) designate two PFAS as #hazardous substances ..read more
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U.S. Federal Offshore Wind in 2024: Growth and Growing Pains
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by Jana Grauberger and Valkyrie "Kyrie" Buffa
4M ago
In 2021, the Biden Administration set a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (“GW”) of federal offshore wind projects by 2030, and in 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior (“DOI”) set an additional goal of deploying 15 GW of floating offshore wind by 2035 ..read more
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Potential Shutdown of GOM Oil and Gas Operations Due to BiOp Vacatur Averted – For Now
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by Jana Grauberger, Greg L. Johnson and Valkyrie "Kyrie" Buffa
5M ago
This week, a Maryland federal district court amended its prior Biological Opinion (“BiOP”) vacatur judgment, extending the timeline for vacatur from December 20, 2024, to May 21, 2025, which averts for now a potential shutdown of Gulf of Mexico (“GOM”) oil and gas operations ..read more
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