Giuliano Apadula co-authored an article in the The Legal Intelligencer titled “Expanding Incentives for Brownfield Redevelopment: What Has Changed?” The article explores the Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development Act.
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Minimum Insurance Requirements for Regulated Entities in the Hydrocarbon Sector in Mexico
Posted in Compliance, Contamination, Energy, Environment, GT Alert, Insurance, Legislation, Mexico, Oil & Gas, Regulatory, Uncategorized
On July 23, 2018, Mexico published new administrative provisions (the “Guidelines”) implementing minimum insurance requirements for entities engaged in activities related to transportation, storage, distribution, compression, decompression, liquefaction, regasification, or…
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Potential New Tools to Sue for a Faster Cleanup
By David Mandelbaum on
Soil or groundwater cleanups can take a long time. When one person conducts the cleanup and another has an interest in its completion, the two can disagree over the pace…
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EPA Approves Renewable Fuels Produced from Sorghum Oil; Provides Additional Source of Revenue for Farmers in Wake of Chinese Tariffs
By Bernadette M. Rappold on
At a nationally-televised news conference July 24, 2018, EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the approval of biofuels derived from sorghum oil as “advanced” renewable fuels under the Clean Air…
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New York State Finalizes Amendments to SEQRA Environmental Review Process, Eliminating A Number of Proposed Reforms Aimed at Streamlining the Process
By Steven C. Russo on
Posted in Regulatory
In late June, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) promulgated long-awaited final revisions to its regulations detailing the standards and procedures for New York’s “Little NEPA” environmental…
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D.C. Circuit Issues Stay of the EPA’s Latest Effort To Ease Clean Air Act Requirements
By Bernadette M. Rappold on
On July 18, 2018, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) ordered a stay of a recent Environmental Protection Agency…
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Court Weighs In on Natural Gas Operations in the Marcellus Shale
By Kaitlyn R Maxwell on
Posted in Court Cases, Washington, D.C.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued two decisions on June 1 relating to the operation of natural gas wells in Pennsylvania. This article focuses on one of those decisions: Gorsline …
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The Taxman (May Not) Cometh: The Deductibility of Environmental ‘Penalties’
By Bernadette M. Rappold on
Posted in Tax, Washington, D.C.
Buried within last December’s massive Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115–97, 131 Stat. 2054 (TCJA), is an obscure provision that may change the litigation and…
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EPA Issues New Guidance Easing New Source Review Analysis
By Bernadette M. Rappold on
Posted in EPA, Washington, D.C.
As part of its growing reinterpretation of Clean Air Act requirements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a new guidance (Project Emissions Accounting Under the New Source …
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Can the Environmental Rights Amendment Protect Pennsylvanians From EPA Cuts?
By Caleb Holmes on
Posted in EPA, Pennsylvania
President Donald J. Trump and his administration have focused on the EPA during his time in office, particularly in regards to its funding, and its regulations. The president has taken…
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