ENVIRONMENTAL LAW NEWS & MORE

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...

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...

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...

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...

With a recently announced settlement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made it clear that liability cannot be avoided simply by remaining unaware of the specifics activities at a construction site. Fort Lincoln Retail LLC – developer of the Shops at...

State and federal agencies have authority to impose significant fines on the owners and operators of underground and above-ground storage tanks who do not adhere to the rules and regulations related to handling, monitoring, recordkeeping, and use of leak-detection...