Topics discussed this week include:

• Manufacturer held liable for asbestos-related injury stemming from replacement parts it did not make.
• Novel watershed permit issued for Cape Cod towns.
• CERCLA claims constitutionally barred against state government entities.
• EPA to revisit Wood Heater New Source Performance Standards.
• BLM must consider downstream greenhouse gas releases under NEPA.

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Topics discussed this week include:

• “Exceptional events” rule upheld.
• New York City climate change tort suit dismissed.
• Courts of appeal rule on pipeline projects.
• EPA revises coal ash disposal rules.
• BLM announces end to compensatory mitigation requirements.
• Environmental group appeals stay of 2015 Waters of the U.S. Rule.

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Topics discussed this week include

• Supplemental legal analysis provides additional support for Administration’s narrower interpretation of “waters of the United States”
• EPA proposes new volume requirements under Renewable Fuel Standard
• EPA extends comment period of advance notice of proposed rulemaking on cost-benefit analyses
• Rhode Island brings climate change suit against fossil fuel companies
• EPA proposes “close-out” of upwind states’ interstate air transport obligations under 2008 ozone standard

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Topics discussed this week include:

• D.C. Circuit upholds the EPA’s “regional consistency” regulations
• Federal district court in Georgia enjoins implementation of WOTUS rule in 11 states
• The EPA approves Oklahoma CCR disposal plan
• CEQ issues ANPRM requesting comment on how to update NEPA’s implementing regulations
• ATSDR issues draft toxicological profile asserting that PFAS compounds may endanger human health at low levels

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