EPA Relaxes Environmental Enforcement During COVID-19 Pandemic
Co-Authored by Linda Lee On March 26, 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced “a temporary policy regarding [its] enforcement of environmental legal obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic” (“Policy”). Under the Policy, EPA is able to exercise significant discretion in its enforcement of environmental rules for certain noncompliance resulting from the pandemic. EPA […]
Gina McCarthy nominated as new EPA Administrator
On March 4, 2013, President Obama nominated Gina McCarthy to be the next Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. She replaces New Jersey native, Lisa Jackson. Ms. McCarthy currently heads the EPA’s Air and Radiation Office. As such, she has focused on climate change and as with some other Administration nominations, this one […]
EPA Backpedals on Stormwater Rule
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently agreed to withdraw its proposal to impose numeric limits on the amount of sediment in stormwater that runs off a construction site. In December 2009, EPA issued Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs) for the construction and development industry, which established the minimum technology required to control the […]
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