National Priority List/Superfund: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Adds Five Sites
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has added five sites to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“Superfund”) National Priority List (“NPL”). The five sites include: Former Exide Technologies Laureldale; Laureldale, Pennsylvania Acme…
Repealing Clean Energy Credits/Macroeconomic Assessment of the GOP Proposal: Institute for Macroeconomic and Policy Analysis Report
The Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis (“Institute”) released on March 11th a Report (“Report”) titled: Repealing the Clean Energy Credits: A Macroeconomic Assessment of the GOP Proposal The authors of the Report include: Ignacio González Juan Montecino Vasudeva Ramaswamy The…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: March 27th Meeting
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
Insurance Coverage/Boatyard Operator: Federal Appellate Court Addresses City of Los Angeles Request for Indemnity for Alleged Discharges
The United States Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a March 13th memorandum issues arising out of a boatyard operator’s insurance policies. See City of Los Angeles v. Traverlers Indemnity Company; et al., 2024 WL 1086874. The question involved whether the City of…
Award of Drinking Water/Clean Water Earmark Grants: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Audit Notification
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a February 26th notification of an audit titled: Audit of the EPA Award of Drinking Water and Clean Water Earmark Grants (“Audit”) See Project No. OA-FY24-0064. The Audit memorandum is transmitted…