The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has assessed a $1.7 million penalty against PQ Corporation, located in Chester, Delaware County, for air quality violations. The penalty covers violations that span from August 2011 to June 2013. The...
Implementation of a tax provision within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 42 U.S.C. § 18001 et seq. (ACA), has been delayed until 2020 so that Congress has more time to consider it. The tax, often referred to as the “Cadillac tax,” is an element of the...
A commercial-scale environmental testing laboratory based in Marlborough, Massachusetts has been fined $100,000 for violating the terms of a prior settlement that required it to obtain state permits and control hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. In May of 2014,...
Sunoco Pipeline, L.C. (Sunoco) has paid a $59,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for wetlands violations. Specifically, the settlement addressed Sunoco’s violations of Pennsylvania’s...
Last month, world leaders from over 200 countries came together in Paris to negotiate a historic global climate agreement. Proponents hope that the Paris Agreement will end of over 100 years of reliance on fossil fuels as the engine of economic growth. The deal...
