By Michael J. Lesser, Environmental Law Section, NYSBA © 2015 Enforcement News DEC Commissioner Joe Martens Resigns NYS Department of Environmental Commissioner Joe Martens announced his resignation effective the end of July 2015. Mr. Martens assumed the position in 2011,...
Posted by Sam Capasso on September 20, 2015 5:04 PM
By Michael J. Lesser, Environmental Law Section, NYSBA © 2015 Enforcement News Hudson PCB Dredging - Was It Worth It? Later this year, General Electric Co. expects to finish six years spent removing 2.7 million cubic yards of PCB contaminated...
Posted by Sam Capasso on August 1, 2015 1:38 PM
By Michael J. Lesser, Environmental Law Section, NYSBA © 2015 Enforcement News Finally, a New State Brownfields Law After several years of false starts, state leaders finally agreed and allowed the passage of an updated Brownfields and related superfund laws....
Posted by Sam Capasso on June 28, 2015 12:55 PM
By Michael J. Lesser, Environmental Law Section, NYSBA © 2015 Enforcement News Dirty Fuel Oil Scam in NYC Prosecutors are investigating the city's largest fuel oil companies for allegedly taking worthless, but hazardous, waste oil and "blending" it with fuel...
Posted by Sam Capasso on June 21, 2015 1:49 PM
By Michael J. Lesser, Environmental Law Section, NYSBA © 2015 Enforcement News Record $5.15 Billion Environmental Kerr-McGee Settlement The USDOJ entered a historic settlement with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Kerr-McGee for cleanups across the country. The settlement resolves fraudulent conveyance...
Posted by Sam Capasso on March 28, 2015 1:59 PM
By Michael J. Lesser, Environmental Law Section, NYSBA © 2014 Enforcement News NY Bans Fracking New York's six year environmental review of high-volume hydraulic fracturing (a/k/a fracking) for the extraction of natural gas ended when Governor Cuomo essentially banned fracking...
Posted by Sam Capasso on February 22, 2015 2:41 PM
By Michael J. Lesser, Environmental Law Section, NYSBA © 2014 Enforcement News for February DEC Proposes Environmental Monitor Policy DEC proposed the first changes in its monitoring policy since 1992. The 60-Day Comment Period Runs to April 14, 2014. The...
Posted by Sam Capasso on April 13, 2014 5:17 PM
By Telisport W. Putsavage In an announcement to a trade association not yet otherwise publicized but authorized to be distributed, EPA on October 28, 2013 announced that it has postponed the compliance deadline for adopting the new pollinator protection warnings...
Posted by Sam Capasso on November 17, 2013 1:35 PM
By Michael J. Lesser, Environmental Section, NYSBA © 2013Enforcement News Evolution of an Asbestos Enforcement Case Asbestos regulation has always been one of the most ubiquitous yet confusing areas of environmental enforcement because oversight and enforcement cut across a number...
Posted by Sam Capasso on June 30, 2013 8:21 PM
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