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2025 Lookahead: Resiliency Planning in Stormwater
Posted: January 21st, 2025
Executive Summary U.S. EPA defines “resilience” as “the ability to prepare for, withstand, and successfully recover from a disaster.” In 2021, U.S. EPA renewed its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for Stormwater Discharges Associated with […]
Read articleLooking Ahead – Air Toxics Regulatory Activity
Posted: January 21st, 2025
The last few years have seen a flurry of revisions to air toxics regulations, due primarily to a court case referred to as “LEAN” where the court determined that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) should have set more […]
Read articleMaking Sense of the New BASEL E-waste Notification Requirements
Posted: January 21st, 2025
Starting January 1st, 2025, electronic waste and scrap shipments are subject to Basel Convention requirements. Basel Party countries exporting e-waste and scrap must obtain the importing country’s consent prior to initiating the shipments. From an environmental regulatory perspective, the Basel […]
Read article2025 Look Ahead ESG & Sustainability
Posted: January 16th, 2025
In the Sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) spaces, 2025 will see the parallel drivers of regulatory obligation and market requirements accelerate both domestically in the United States and abroad. These drivers will also compel a significant “back-to-basics” movement […]
Read article2025 Look Ahead
Posted: January 15th, 2025
Part 1 2025 Look Ahead // Colin McCall Happy New Year to our colleagues, clients, and partners as we enter 2025. Each January, we are excited to outline observations and insights that will help with proactive planning around environmental, health, […]
Read articleWhat’s in the e-Manifest Third Rule?
Posted: January 14th, 2025
On July 26, 2024, U.S. EPA published the final Third Rule for e-Manifest. It goes into effect on January 22, 2025, though portions will not be in effect until December 1, 2025. The U.S. EPA has provided a high-level synopsis, […]
Read articlePFAS Expectations for 2025
Posted: January 14th, 2025
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulations in 2024 were enough to cause whiplash. As public scrutiny and action at the state level continue to grow, we expect the regulatory push to generally continue into 2025 and beyond. Addressing PFAS was […]
Read article2025 Look Ahead: Occupational Health and Safety
Posted: January 13th, 2025
Looking back on 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed federal rules for heat safety and emergency response workers, increased enforcement around Process Safety Management (PSM) programs, and updated recordkeeping and reporting requirements. As we look ahead to […]
Read articleImpacts of Lowered PM2.5 NAAQS to Take Shape in 2025 and other NAAQS Related Updates
Posted: January 13th, 2025
On February 7, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) finalized the particulate matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) reconsideration process and lowered the annual PM less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) NAAQS from 12 micrograms per […]
Read article“Here We Go Again” – 2025 New Source Review Look Ahead
Posted: January 13th, 2025
It’s January 6, 2025 and exactly eight years since the beginning of the first Trump administration. In order to look ahead, I first needed to “look back” to January 2017 to see what my colleague, John Egan, wrote in a […]
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