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Superfund
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Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Trump Administration Superfund Related Activities
By Rebecca A. Davis and Jeryl L. Olson Seyfarth Synopsis: Under the Trump Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fully or partially deleted 22 sites from the Comprehensive Environmental…
Law & The Environment
Bad Superfund Judging — Like, Saints/Rams Bad
By Seth Jaffe
Last month’s decision in Ohio v. Breen was the most blatantly, obviously, and incontrovertibly wrong Superfund decision I have ever come across. How wrong was it? Saints/Rams level wrong. The…
The Nickel Report
The CERCLA Redevelopment Focus: Will There Be an Impact on Remedy Selection Decisions and Natural Resource Damage Claims?
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded a series of eight Superfund Listening Sessions between May 21 and June 18 to explain a number of initiatives to reform the…
The Nickel Report
Genuine Surprise: DC Circuit Overturns NPL Listing Decision
On May 18, the DC Circuit vacated a decision by EPA to place an Indianapolis site on the National Priorities List because the agency had ignored evidence contradicting facts underlying…
Environmental Law
Proposed Changes to CERCLA/Superfund, Brownfield Redevelopment Projects – Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Impacts More Than Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
By Emily Lamond
On February 12, 2018, the Trump Administration released its much-anticipated Infrastructure Plan. While the bulk of the more than 50-page document proposes a wide array of funding and reforms for…
frESH
US EPA’s Superfund Task Force Recommendations May Expedite Cleanup and Reuse Process for Contaminated Sites
Shortly after being confirmed as the new US EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt appointed a Superfund Task Force to review the approximately 1,300 Superfund sites in the United States and make recommendations…
Manufacturing Law Blog
Superfund Reform May Be a Slow Go
By Megan Baroni
As we previously reported, the current administration set out to make Superfund reform a priority. Shortly after taking over as EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt convened a task force to provide…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
EPA Task Force Report to Revitalize the Superfund Program
By Andrew H. Perellis, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: Businesses and industries across the country which own or have interests in facilities and properties that may come under the…
Ohio Environmental Law Blog
Superfund Reform- What Can We Expect?
While the Trump Administrations primary environmental agenda has been focused on deregulation, one area EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has prioritized is Superfund (i.e. CERCLA). Superfund is meant to investigate and…
Environmental Law Post
EPA Administrator Takes Aim at Aging Superfund Sites
Despite condoning a 34 percent cut to his agency’s funding for fiscal year 2018, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt this week announced a seemingly ambitious plan to expedite the federal…