Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- EPA to allow sales of higher ethanol fuel in the summer
- EPA finalizes guidance on PM2.5 requirements
- Clean Water Rule remanded by one federal court, held in effect by another
- EPA Administrator issues memo on cost-benefit analysis in rulemakings
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- U.S. House and Senate hold hearings on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
- D.C. Circuit issued two decisions related to small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation moves to ban chlorpyrifos in California
- Carbon capture and storage technology receives greater political support with new bill in the U.S. Senate
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- Clean Water Act groundwater case settlement proposed, potentially ending Supreme Court review
- EPA issues draft interim cleanup guidelines for PFAS in groundwater
- EPA reaffirms its stance that glyphosate does not pose risk to human health and is not carcinogenic
- Virginia will not join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issues certificate for natural gas pipeline expansion in Northeast
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- EPA releases FY 2020-21 national program guidance.
- Third Circuit denies Navy’s rehearing request for PFAS ruling.
- State Attorneys General challenge EPA MATS proposed rule.
- Fifth Circuit vacates 2015 EPA wastewater regulations.
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- Courts dismiss challenges to advisory panel membership policy.
- Groups sue EPA for overdue spill regulations.
- Environmental groups threaten suit over oil dispersant guidelines.
- Court: Clean Air Act does not preempt odor nuisance claims.
- Court holds that long-defunct companies may still face CERCLA liability.
- New York close to banning plastic bags.
- Environmental groups sue Iowa, asserting constitutional right to clean water.
- Court strikes down Arctic drilling executive order.
- Court rejects foreign policy objection to denial of Clean Water Act certificate.
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include
- EPA final rule on monitoring NOx at power plants takes effect
- EPA and Army Corps withdraw appeals on WOTUS Delay Rule
- D.C. Circuit rejects NEPA analysis for Dominion Energy
- Federal court says it has authority to impose injunctive relief for Ameren’s failure to obtain a required permit at its Rush Island facility
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- EPA issues PFAS action plan.
- Supreme Court to hear CWA case on discharges through groundwater to waters of the United States.
- District court dismisses lawsuit by environmental group and youth alleging that federal government violated their constitutional rights and public trust doctrine through Trump-era climate change policies.
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- Federal judicial interpretation of the Clean Water Act remains split
- Federal court holds states violated Clean Water Act for dam decommissioning
- Suit challenging President Trump’s 2-for-1 executive order survives motion to dismiss
- Fiat Chrysler enters Clean Air Act consent decree
- Audi engineers face mobile source “defeat device” criminal indictment
- Federal court vacates New York regulator’s denial of water quality certificate for natural gas pipeline
- Green New Deal nonbinding resolution proposed in Congress
Save the Date: 2019 Spring Energy & Commodities Conference
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Sidley Austin | 1501 K Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20005
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Lunch, Program and Networking Reception
Government shut-down, climate change, inverse condemnation, energy & commodity regulation and enforcement – 2019 looks to be a pretty tumultuous year with lots of change.
We will host an in-depth discussion on evolving regulatory, transactional and business issues facing U.S. and international energy and commodities market participants.
As our industry continues adapting to regulatory, credit, and market challenges, we will host notable industry leaders, distinguished government officials, and Sidley attorneys offering timely insights on pressing issues and trends.
This complimentary half-day program in Sidley’s Washington, D.C. office, will feature informative presentations and panel discussions followed by a networking reception.
For more information or questions, please contact dcevents@sidley.com.
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- NRDC sues EPA over New Source Review permitting program.
- District court stays National Marine Fisheries Service case due to government shutdown.
- Environmental group sues to force EPA to ban methylene chloride under TSCA.