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By Ryan Elliott On April 21, 2020

U.S. EPA and Army Corps Publish Final Navigable Waters Protection Rule

On April 21, 2020, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers published the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule amending the...


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment

By Mac Taylor On April 9, 2020

USEPA Releases Draft Guidance which would allow additional construction activities in advance of obtaining a pre-construction permit

On March 25, 2020, USEPA released draft guidance regarding its interpretation of “begin actual construction” under the...


Tags: Environment

By Mac Taylor On March 27, 2020

New USEPA COVID-19 Enforcement Guidance Issued (Plus Similar State Policies Being Announced)

As an update to our previous post regarding COVID-19 and environmental compliance, new developments at the state and federal...


Tags: Environment

Thinking about delaying environmental compliance due to COVID-19? Think carefully!
By Mac Taylor On March 23, 2020

Thinking about delaying environmental compliance due to COVID-19? Think carefully!

As businesses across the United States confront the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vorys environmental team is...


Tags: Environment

By Jake Bartlett On February 19, 2020

Proposed Amendments to NEPA Regulations

As discussed in an earlier post, found here, the Council of Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) recently published proposed amendments...


Tags: NEPA, Energy, Environment

By Jake Bartlett On January 15, 2020

Proposed regulatory amendments published for the National Environmental Policy Act

The Council for Environmental Quality recently published proposed amendments to update the procedural regulations used to...


Tags: NEPA, Energy, Environment

By Ryan Elliott On December 2, 2019

U.S. EPA Redesignates Ohio Portion of Stubenville OH-WV SO2 Nonattainment Area

On November 29,2019, U.S. EPA issued a final rule redesignating the Ohio portion of the Stubenville Ohio-West Virginia...


Tags: Clean Air Act, NAAQS, Environment, Attainment

By Mac Taylor On December 2, 2019

New USEPA Title V and NSR Guidance: “Adjacent” does actually mean “Adjacent”

On November 26, 2019, USEPA published a guidance memorandum “Interpreting ‘Adjacent’ for New Source Review and Title V Source...


Tags: Environment

By Ryan Elliott On July 3, 2019

USEPA Proposes to Redesignate Columbus Area in Attainment of 2015 Ozone NAAQS

On July 3, 2019, USEPA issued a proposed rule finding the Columbus, Ohio area is attaining the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air...


Tags: Clean Air Act, NAAQS, Environment, Attainment

By Ryan Elliott On June 26, 2019

Ohio EPA Issues Draft Vapor Intrusion Guidance

On June 24, 2019, Ohio EPA issued a draft Vapor Intrusion Sampling and Evaluation Guidance (Guidance). The draft Guidance, which...


Tags: Vapor Intrusion, Energy, Environment

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