A Salisbury, Massachusetts marina recently incurred a $14,380 penalty for its failure to adhere to the terms of an Activity and Use Limitation (AUL) attached to the property after the previous owner discovered a spill. According to the Massachusetts Department of...
Close to 500 hospitals nationwide are set to pay approximately $250 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that they implanted cardiac defibrillators in violation of Medicare rules. One of these hospitals is Lancaster Regional Medical Center located...
This fall, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a new rule for the regulation of pharmaceuticals as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) [42 U.S.C. § 6901 et. seq. (1976)]. On September 25, 2015, EPA published the...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized their plan to remove contaminated soil from residential properties near the former Sherwin-Williams Hilliards Creek Superfund site in Gibbsboro and Voorhees, New Jersey. The lead, arsenic and...
On October 9, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an order staying implementation of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule nationwide (Ohio et al v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers et al). This order continues the long line of litigation...
