Fri Aug 14th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
On August 5th, a team from EPA was investigating an abandoned mine called the Gold King, located near Durango, Colorado. The Gold King mine had been abandoned in 1923, but EPA had been investigating a leak from the mine of contaminated water. EPA was implementing a project to cap a nearby mine, which required the installation of a drainage pipe at the Gold King Mine. To do so, a worker […]
Tue Aug 11th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
On August 3, 2015, President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the final version of an ambitious regulation for cutting greenhouse gas pollution. The “Clean Power Plan” sets forth EPA’s first ever emission reduction standards on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants, standards that every state will be required to meet based on their individual energy consumption. The Plan also includes an incentive program for states to […]
Mon Aug 3rd, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
This summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has enhanced its focus on vapor intrusion, which occurs when vapors from underground contamination (soil or groundwater) rise into the indoor air of overlying buildings. First, EPA submitted a draft rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in a renewed effort to add vapor intrusion to the pathways evaluated under the Hazard Ranking Scoring (HRS) System for National […]
Thu Jul 30th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP
Today, it was announced that water use in California fell by 27 percent in June. The State Water Resources Control Board shows 265 out of 411 local agencies hit or nearly reached savings targets while serving 27 million Californians. Governor Brown previously ordered an overall 25 percent reduction in urban water use compared to 2013 levels. His administration gave each community nine months to hit assigned conservation targets as high […]