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By Kristin Watt On July 19, 2023

USEPA Proposes Major Expansion of Lead Paint-Related Regulation and Lowers Key Standards

By: Kristin Watt, Kristin Woeste, Trevor Burba, and Brooke Zentmeyer

On July 12, 2023, USEPA released a Pre-Publication Notice of...


Tags: Environmental, proposed rule, Lead-based paint, USEPA

By Brooke Zentmeyer On July 12, 2023

USEPA Adds Nine New PFAS to List of Chemicals Subject to TRI Reporting Beginning with Reporting Year 2023

On Friday, June 23, USEPA published a final rule that will add nine new PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”), the list of...


Tags: EPCRA, Environmental, TRI, USEPA

By Ryan Elliott On July 10, 2023

Ohio Governor Signs State’s Biennial Budget Legislation (HB 33) Into Law:  $350 Million Available for Brownfield Remediation

On July 3, 2023, Governor DeWine signed Ohio’s biennial budget legislation for FY2024-2025, House Bill 33, into law, which...


Tags: Brownfields, HB 33

U.S. Supreme Court limits federal jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act
By Nat Morse On May 25, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court limits federal jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act

In a highly anticipated opinion, the United States Supreme Court narrowed the scope of waters and wetlands considered to be...


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, U.S. Supreme Court

Re-notification required for Ohio's General Permit for Construction Stormwater Discharges
By Nat Morse On April 28, 2023

Re-notification required for Ohio's General Permit for Construction Stormwater Discharges

The Ohio General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small and Large Construction Activities (Ohio EPA Permit No. OHC000005)...


Tags: Stormwater, Clean Water Act, construction, OEPA

By Greg Russell On April 25, 2023

U.S. DISTRICT COURT ADDRESSES POINT PLEASANT TRESPASS CLAIM AGAINST LESSEE

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio recently addressed whether a mineral owner could assert a...


Tags: Utica, Subsurface Mineral Trespass, Point Pleasant

By Casey Valentine On April 18, 2023

Reminder to Renew Your Ohio Land Professional Registration

Reminder to all Ohio oil and gas land professionals:  Your registration will expire on Sunday, April 30, 2023.


Tags: "Oil and Gas" Utica, Division of Oil and Gas Resource Management, Land Professional Registration

President Biden's “Durable” WOTUS Rule temporarily blocked in Ohio.
By Nat Morse On April 13, 2023

President Biden's “Durable” WOTUS Rule temporarily blocked in Ohio.

In response to a request for preliminary injunction filed by the attorneys general of 24 states (including Ohio), a federal judge...


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, waters of the United States, USEPA,

By Greg Russell On April 12, 2023

U.S. DISTRICT COURT DENIES LESSOR MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION IN SUBSURFACE TRESPASS CASE

In J&R Passmore, LLC v. Rice Drilling D, LLC, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied the...


Tags: Class action, Subsurface Mineral Trespass

By Brooke Zentmeyer On March 14, 2023

USEPA Announced Today That It Will Propose PFAS Drinking Water Limits with a 4 Parts Per Trillion Maximum for PFOS and PFOA

Kristin Watt contributed to this post.


Tags: Environmental, Safe Drinking Water, PFAS, USEPA

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