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insightThe Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) allows the federal government to collect funds from or to order a “potentially responsible party” (“PRP”) to clean up contaminated sites.
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insightOn May 21, 2015, EPA proposed to approve the State of North Carolina’s request to redesignate its portion of the bi-state, Charlotte-Rock Hill 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (the “Area”), to attainment for the 2008 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”)(the “Proposed Rule”).
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insightThe Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP), SW-846 Method 1311, was promulgated by EPA pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to test and determine the potential leaching rate of disposed hazardous wastes in landfills.
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insightThis is the third and final installment of Frequent Questions related to Form R Reports due July 1.
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insightEPA and the Army Corps of Engineers have promulgated a final rule defining the scope of federal jurisdiction over wetlands and other “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
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insightEPA has issued a final rule that requires 36 states to revise their State Implementation Plans to eliminate a well-known and often-used Clean Air Act defense for excess emissions.
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insightOn June 1, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the EEOC in the well-chronicled case involving a Muslim job applicant who the EEOC claimed was illegally denied employment because of her religion. In EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., the job applicant, Samantha Elauf, wore a traditional black Muslim headscarf (called a hijab) when she attended an interview with the retailer in 2008.
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insightOn May 26, 2015, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected efforts of False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam relators to use the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (WSLA) to extend the statute of limitations for their actions.
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insightAccording to press reports across North Carolina, Burt Powell was a resident of a group home for adults with mental disabilities.
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insightVirginia Business magazine published an article about the opening of Williams Mullen's new Columbia, SC office and new environmental attorneys Ethan Ware, Jessica J.O. King, A. Keith “Kip” McAlister Jr., and Ryan W. Trail. The story can be found here.