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EPA Seeking Public Feedback Regarding Developing Consistency in Cost-Benefit Analysis

Fri Jun 8th, On Environmental Law, by

On June 7, 2018, the EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to announce that it was considering new ways to increase consistency and transparency in its consideration of costs and benefits involved in regulatory decisions, and is seeking public input. Many environmental statutes, such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act, require the EPA to consider the costs and benefits […]

Washington Supreme Court Aligns MTCA Owner/Operator Liability with CERCLA

Fri May 25th, On Environmental Law, by

Many states have counterpart statutes to the federal CERCLA, or Superfund, statute.  Though these statutes generally have the same purpose: to ensure the cleanup of sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to allow for recovery of natural resource damages caused by those substances, and though most state statutes are “modeled” after CERCLA, many state statutes have specific statutory language or provisions that differ.  This is true of the State of […]

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