From Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE The U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency (.EPA.) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance recently issued a Year 2000 (.Y2K.) Enforcement Policy to encourage facilities to investigate and remedy Y2K ...
Public Law 105-219 August 7, 1998Allows for multiple-group CUs and imposes new safety and soundness standards on CUs.-House passed 8/4 -Senate passed 7/28, 92-6 -S. Rept 105-193 filed 5/21 -Senate Banking approved 4/30, 16-2 -Senate Banking ...
On December 11, 2003, the District Court for the District of Columbia struck down an important component of the "no surprises" protections contained in two interrelated regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"). This decision ...
N.C. law that relates to or regulates public or private carriers who haul petroleum products is substantial and complex. Given the breadth and scope of both N.C.'s statutes and regulations, and the federal laws and regulations which are either ...
For years, the first question posed by an oilheat dealer upon receipt of a claim for a leaking tank or oil line was: "Doesn't the language in the service contract mean ANYTHING?" And for years, our response as lawyers has been a definite "MAYBE", in ...
From Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE The use of a flexible but lesser-known exemption to the Solid Waste Rules, known as the beneficial use exemption, has been on the rise in recent years as awareness of its existence and utility has increased ...
The United States Supreme Court has been called upon repeatedly in the last five years to define the limits of federal regulatory jurisdiction over wetlands, isolated waters and other non-navigable water bodies. In the latest development under the ...
The following final rules having environmental impact were promulgated by federal regulatory agencies in July 1999 ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final "Policy Toward Owners of Property Containing Contaminated Aquifers," which was announced by the Administrator as part of the Superfund Administrative Reforms. This bulletin briefly ...
Five years ago, the legislature amended Michigan.s environmental cleanup statute to facilitate the purchase and development of contaminated real estate. The legislature accomplished this by providing potential purchasers of contaminated property ...