Leech Tishman - Environmental Law

Leech Tishman’s Environmental Group assists clients in navigating through the complex web of regulatory & litigation aspects of environmental law.

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On Monday, August 10, 2020, the 9th Circuit overturned the District Court's ruling that #CERCLA #costrecovery lawsuits over the clean-up of the #OmegaChemical #Superfund site were time barred. Read the entire Opinion here: https://t.co/Dn6fAbcew1 #environmentallaw #environment

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@EPA to lift Obama-era controls on methane. The rule - long expected - will be released before Friday of this week, @nytimes reports. https://t.co/XjLyFiPOoQ #ClimateChange #environmentallaw #environment #CleanAir #methane #GHG

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Treating thousands of potentially #toxic chemicals called per- & polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS) as a single class could reduce health risks and #contamination, and improve #CleanUp efforts, according to international experts. #ForeverChemicals #Water https://t.co/UFQlqlg8rU

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White House Council on Environmental Quality issued the Final Rule Modernizing its #NEPA Implementing Regulations https://t.co/87FwG3mEIc The final rule changes many aspects of NEPA as we know it. #CEQ #EIS #Environmentallaw

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Today is World Oceans Day. A scientist uses #drone technology to help “combat illegal fishing, lead to better understanding of megafauna movement and detect ghost nets – the ocean’s ‘silent killers.’” https://t.co/5jDZE0HCki #dronesforgood #dronelife #worldoceansday

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Supreme Court Decides Clean Water Act Permit Required for Discharges into Groundwater. https://t.co/wPoxirTcYg Permit required when there is a direct discharge from a point source into navigable waters or when there is the functional equivalent of a direct discharge.

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On April 21, US Army Corps of Engineers and the @EPA published the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (#NWPR) in the Federal Register, with a scheduled implementation date of June 22, 2020. https://t.co/r3Q27idOWZ #USACE #NavigableWaters #Wetlands #cleanwateract

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.@EPA no longer believes it is "appropriate and necessary" to curb releases of mercury, arsenic & other hazardous pollutants emitted from electric utility steam generating units under sec. 112 of the #cleanair Act (CAA). https://t.co/y0pstbA7VM #MATS #airpollution #coal

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The @SierraClub filed a #CleanAirAct citizens’ suit against
@EPA Admin Andrew Wheeler in AZ alleging he failed to meet the statutory deadline for determining wh/ the West Pinal Nonattainment Area attained #NAAQS for PM10 by the applicable attainment date https://t.co/g778JAG4Oy

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US filed a #CleanWater Act Complaint against #TragerLimestone Co in the W.Dist. of MO, alleging discharges of “pollutants” into the waters of the U.S. & failure to prepare and implement a #SPCC Plan. https://t.co/KiUf4EQ6Qg #cleanwateract #cleanwater #waterreuse

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Community Association for Restoration of the Environment, Inc allege that the manure handling practices of Defendant #MajesticFarm’s Confined Animal Feeding Operation (#CAFO) violates #RCRA with run-off contaminating their drinking water. https://t.co/6lNAJdal6B

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Another #DEHP, a common plasticizer, #Prop65 case filed. #CAG filed a Prop 65 action against Atlantic Hosiery & Apparel for its “Metallic Fanny Pack,” which it claims contains some amount of DEHP and therefore needs a Prop 65 warning. https://t.co/BdAFlfbey6

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Another #CleanWaterAct case filed, Calif Sportfishing Protection Alliance filing against Foundation Constructors Inc for alleged violations of Calif’s General Permit for Discharges of #StormWater Associated w/ Industrial Activities. https://t.co/5lBl5BCa1O #CleanWater #waterreuse

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Naturaland Trust filed a #CleanWater Act Complaint against Dakota Finance in the USDist for S.C. on April 6, 2020 alleging that Arabella Farm allowed discharges of “sediment-laden stormwater” resulting in “choking and degrading valuable water resources.” https://t.co/jjoSEmFEKV

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On April 7, 2020, @wildadvocate, @CenterForBioDiv & @SierraClub filed a Complaint for violation of #NEPA in the USDistCt Ariz alleging @BLMNational's decisions to expand livestock grazing will harm San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. https://t.co/AIKsoCRMzK

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Interesting side-note: The @AmChemistry filed a lawsuit back in 2014 to get #DINP removed from the #Prop65 chemical list. After losing in Superior Court, the case has now been scheduled for oral argument on April 20, 2020. https://t.co/LEM87sIc7O

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The Consumer Advocacy Group – Yeroushalmi & Yeroushalmi's captive “environmental” group– filed a Proposition 65 Complaint against Olivet International Inc. for failing to include #prop65 warnings on their pet placemats because they contain #DINP. https://t.co/1sCaSyyn0b.

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The Consumer Advocacy Group – Yeroushalmi & Yeroushalmi's captive “environmental” group– filed a Proposition 65 Complaint against Olivet International Inc. for failing to include #prop65 warnings on their pet placemats because they contain #DINP. https://t.co/1sCaSyyn0b.

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#Ohio EPA to begin testing for ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water https://t.co/wUAUOBg7cF While #RhodeIsland considers banning #PFAS. https://t.co/FRNUu2dunW #ForeverChemicals #CleanWaterAct #drinkingwater

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Cham-Cal Engineering, Inc. filed a #CERCLA contribution action against @bhisolutions in the Central Dist of Cal seeking to hold Bazz Houston liable for the clean-up of hazardous substances in soil underlying Cham-Cal’s site in #GardenGrove California https://t.co/m7H7XoYQVX

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.@NewJerseyOAG @AGWilliamTong @DE_DOJ @NewYorkStateAG and @MassAGO sue @EPA for failing to promulgate regulations restricting upwind states' emissions of #ozone precursors #NOx and #VOC which are affecting their states' #AirQuality. https://t.co/HQ1ACPYt1i