Goodsill Alert: Retroactively Beginning March 23rd The EPA Has Enacted A Temporary Enforcement Discretion Policy That Applies To Civil Violations During The COVID-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic has created worker shortages as well as travel and social distancing restrictions to limit the spread of the virus outbreak. Accordingly, the ability of regulated facilities to meet all federal regulatory requirements has been directly impacted...
Ninth Circuit Holds Clean Water Act Regulates Indirect Discharges of Pollutants into Navigable Waters
On February 1, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) regulates discharges of pollutants that travel indirectly through groundwater into a navigable “water of the United States,” such as the ocean. In Hawai’i...