Contamination Migrating from Building Structural Component not a Cercla ‘Disposal’
Scenario: a corporate property owner constructs a building, coats it with a previously unknown carcinogen and many years later the property and assets of the owner are purchased by a company that merges with another [...]
New Guide – The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
A new publication is available that reviews the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA is the principal Federal law governing the handling, recycling, labeling, testing and identification of solid and hazardous waste. RCRA was [...]
Alert: Phase I ESA Changes
The “all appropriate inquiry” rules published by U.S. EPA will probably be updated by the end of the year to include a new standard for Phase I Assessments. The new standard will reflect a publication [...]
Alert: Michigan’s Section 404 Wetland Program
On December 11, 2013, Region 5 of the U.S. EPA held a hearing on Michigan’s Section 404 Wetland Permitting Program. Interested parties still have time to submit written comments to the U.S. EPA regarding its [...]
The United States of Energy (Part 1)
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or in a cave for the past year you’ve probably heard that U.S. oil and gas production is going strong. In fact, it’s going like gangbusters. According to [...]
The United States of Energy (Part 2): Concerns in Michigan and the Great Lakes
In a prior post we highlighted the recent energy boom in the U.S. Like elsewhere, the increased attention to energy production has been felt here in Michigan but on a smaller scale. Earlier in 2013, [...]
