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U.S. EPA Processes Renewable Fuel Standard Small Refinery Exemption Backlog
Posted: November 6th, 2025
Author: Maddy Vanlandingham November 20, 2025 Update: As of Nov. 7, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ruled upon 16 more Small Refinery Exemption (SRE) petitions, granting full exemptions for two, granting partial exemptions for 12, and denying two […]
Read articleLead Copper Rule Improvements Update
Posted: October 30th, 2025
Author: Colleen Nagel The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements were finalized in October 2024 with Federal requirements as a national baseline including, but not limited to: Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) by 2037, Submitting an updated sampling plan to their […]
Read articleWater Regulatory Update: U.S. EPA’s Latest Agenda
Posted: October 30th, 2025
Author: Lizzie Smith The Spring Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was (finally) published in early September at reginfo.gov and it brought some anticipated but abbreviated insights into the water regulatory priorities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. […]
Read articleCTDEEP Industrial Stormwater General Permit Reissuance
Posted: October 23rd, 2025
Author: Shane Galloway The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reissued the industrial stormwater general permit (IGP) on October 1, 2025 with an effective date of November 1, 2025. The previous DEEP National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) […]
Read articleTurning Exposure Data Into Safer Workplaces
Posted: October 23rd, 2025
Author: Joe Grosse Understanding Workplace Airborne Hazards In many workplaces employees handle chemicals that can cause both immediate and long-term health effects. Whether it be in a research and development laboratory or a manufacturing environment, airborne contaminants can pose risks […]
Read articleEHS Considerations in the Paperboard Converting Industry
Posted: October 23rd, 2025
Author: Anna Richardson While the process of converting paperboard into corrugated sheets and containers seems rather straightforward, there are a wide array of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) challenges faced when manufacturing these products. As experts in both the converting […]
Read articleNew Stormwater Permit to Impact The Los Angeles And Los Alamitos Area
Posted: October 16th, 2025
Author: Andres Luna The Los Angeles Regional Water Board (LA Water Board) has issued a revised draft General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit (Permit) that will cover stormwater discharges from certain privately owned commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) […]
Read articleEU Delays CSRD Sustainability Reporting Standards for Non-EU Companies: What It Means for Your Organization
Posted: October 16th, 2025
Author: Teresa Flores The European Commission (EC) recently announced a delay in the adoption of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for non-European Union (EU) companies under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This decision, part of the EC’s broader […]
Read articleSunsetting Paper Manifests – Is It Finally Happening?
Posted: October 13th, 2025
Author: Anna Richardson The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (e-Manifest Act) was signed into law over 13 years ago in October 2012. However, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) reports that over 99.5% of the over two […]
Read articleD.C Circuit Court Restores Title V Affirmative Defense
Posted: October 9th, 2025
Author: Roy Rakiewicz In a September 5, 2025 decision, the D.C. Circuit reinstated the affirmative defense provisions under Title V operating permits. The court found that the July 1, 2023 rule, which removed the affirmative defense provisions from Title V […]
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