Blogs & Resources
ACOEL members contribute regularly to the ACOEL Blog, writing on topics of current interest in their respective fields. Recently-published blogs are featured below, or you can search the ACOEL blog archive using the search feature.
Current Blogs
EPA Designates PFAS as Hazardous Substances; EPA Is More Confident Than I Am that the Sky Isn’t Falling
April 24, 2024Posted on April 24, 2024 by Seth Jaffe Last Friday, EPA formally designated perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) – including their salts and structural isomers! – as hazardous substances under CERCLA. I cannot really quarrel with the underlying decision to list PFOA and PFOS. Given the developing...
Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco but the City’s appeal of its NPDES permit is on its way to the United States Supreme Court
April 18, 2024Posted on April 18, 2024 by Jeff Porter DOJ and EPA have submitted their brief arguing that the Supreme Court should leave alone a split Ninth Circuit decision upholding a NPDES permit condition prohibiting the permittees, the City and County of San Francisco, from “causing or contributing” to any...
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EPA ISSUES BIGGEST TMDL EVER FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
March 4, 2011Posted on March 4, 2011 by Ridgway Hall On December 29, 2010, EPA published the largest total maximum daily load (“TMDL”) ever issued under the Clean Water Act. It imposes maximum...
EPA’s Draft CWA Jurisdiction Guidance Is Leaked At Last
March 3, 2011Posted on March 3, 2011 by Robert Lawrence The suspense is over. Inside EPA just released EPA’s December 2010 Draft Guidance describing how EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers intend to identify...
Muddling Through: Clean Water Act Edition
March 1, 2011Posted on March 1, 2011 by Seth Jaffe Previously, I discussed EPA’s efforts to “muddle through” on climate change in the absence of comprehensive legislation. This week, I think it’s the Clean Water Act’s...
The National Environmental Policy Act: When Is A SEIS Just Not Enough?
February 25, 2011Posted on February 25, 2011 by Thomas M. Hnasko The Los Alamos Study Group (the “Study Group”) is presently challenging the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) and the National Nuclear...
Liability Under State Law After BNSF
February 23, 2011Posted on February 23, 2011 by William Hyatt As we all know by now, in Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railway Co. v. United States, decided in May, 2009 (BNSF I),...
NEW STORMWATER PERMIT CAN TRAP UNWARY LENDERS
February 22, 2011Posted on February 22, 2011 by Richard Horder Today, a drive through Georgia will present dozens of half-developed abandoned residential subdivisions, many having been graded and with various degrees of erosion...
EPA THREATENS TO TAKEOVER PERMITTING
February 18, 2011Posted on February 18, 2011 by Fournier J. Gale, III Last month, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) gained the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) long-awaited approval of its proposed stormwater...
Secretary Salazar Announces New Guidance for Development of Renewable Energy on Public Lands
February 18, 2011Posted on February 18, 2011 by Paul D. Phillips On February 8, 2011, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced a number of long-anticipated initiatives designed to address development of renewable...
Fight Over Bill to Bar EPA Regulation of GHG to Slow 2011 Approval of Appropriations Bill?
February 18, 2011Posted on February 18, 2011 by Michael Hockley On February 2, 2011, representatives Fred Upton (R–MI) and Ed Whitfield (R–KY) released Discussion Draft Bill, H.R.____ “Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011”...
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ACOEL ANNOUNCES NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS & REGENTS
October 17, 2023October 17, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to announce...
ACOEL Announces Newly-Elected Fellows for 2023
July 27, 2023July 27, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: admin@acoel.org (Washington, DC): The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) is proud to welcome...