Publications

• Illinois Senate Passes Fracking Bill
  May 7, 2012
  
• Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of USEPA Administrative Compliance Orders Under the CWA
  March 23, 2012
  
• USEPA Proposes to Retain Current GHG Thresholds in Step 3 of the Tailoring Rule
  March 1, 2012
  
• States Added to Coverage Under the Transport Rule Excused from Compliance
  February 7, 2012
  
• Court Requires Reinstatement of Boiler and Incinerator MACT Rules
  January 12, 2012
  
• Court Stays Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
  January 3, 2012
  
• USEPA Announces Final Utility MACT Rule
  December 21, 2011
  
• USEPA Proposes Revisions to Boiler and Incinerator MACT Rules
  December 13, 2011
  
• New Illinois Legislation
  September 22, 2011
  
• Utility Prevails in First Enforcement Action Decision Under the 2002 New Source Review Reform Rules
  August 31, 2011
  
• Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Published
  August 9, 2011
  
• USEPA Proposes Broadening RCRA Definition of Hazardous Waste to Preclude Sham Recycling
  July 19, 2011
  
• Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Finalized; CSAPR Already Under Attack
  July 13, 2011
  
• Supreme Court Decides Climate Change Nuisance Suit
  June 20, 2011
  
• Proposed Guidance May Expand CWA Jurisdiction
  May 20, 2011
  
• Utility MACT Comments Due July 5‚ 2011
  May 12, 2011
  
• USEPA Publishes New General NPDES Permit for Construction Stormwater Discharges for Public Comment.
  May 2, 2011
  
• USEPA Describes Newly Proposed 316(b) Standards as "Common Sense" and "Flexible"
  April 1, 2011
  
• Clean Air Act "Solid Waste" Definition and New NESHAPS for Industrial Boilers
  March 30, 2011
  
• USEPA Proposes New Mercury and Other Hazardous Air Pollutant National Emission Standards and Revised New Source Performance Standards for Power Plants
  March 23, 2011
  
• New Nationwide Permits Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act are Aimed at Renewable Energy Production
  March 15, 2011
  
• USEPA Amends RICE NESHAP
  March 10, 2011
  
• USEPA Releases Review of the Draft 2002 Subsurface Vapor Intrusion Guidance
  February 1, 2011
  
• USEPA Issues New Greenhouse Gas BACT Guidance
  November 16, 2010
  
• Kermit Was Right: It Isn't Easy Being Green
  October 7, 2010
  
• USEPA Proposes Transport Rule to Replace CAIR
  July 7, 2010
  
• USEPA Issues PCB Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
  June 24, 2010
  
• USEPA Issues New Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS
  June 23, 2010
  
• USEPA Issues Final Tailoring Rule
  May 19, 2010
  
• USEPA Proposes Reconsideration of 2009 New Source Review Aggregation Rule
  April 7, 2010
  
• EPA Moves Forward on GHG Regulation
  April 1, 2010
  
• California Supreme Court Rules that "Established Levels Of Particular Use" are Baseline for CEQA Analysis
  March 19, 2010
  
• Administrator Jackson Releases Letter to Congress Regarding Planned Greenhouse Gas Regulations
  February 25, 2010
  
• USEPA Proposes to Prematurely End Reliance on PM10 Surrogate Policy
  February 19, 2010
  
• California Takes the Lead in Imposing Green Building Standards
  February 3, 2010
  
• SEC Guidance
  February 2, 2010
  
• USEPA Proposes Revised NO2 Standards
  February 2, 2010
  
• SEC Approves Interpretive Guidance on Climate Change Disclosures
  January 29, 2010
  
• USEPA May Promulgate CERCLA Financial Assurance Requirements for Power and Chemical Industries‚ Among Others
  January 19, 2010
  
• USEPA Proposes Stricter Ground-Level Ozone Standards
  January 13, 2010
  
• USEPA Establishes Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for Construction Sites
  December 3, 2009
  
• In a Year of Cuts‚ USEPA's Enforcement Budget Rises to Record Level
  December 1, 2009
  
• USEPA Proposes New Sulfur Dioxide NAAQS
  November 25, 2009
  
• New State Legislation Increases Funding‚ Availability and Scope for Green Energy Bonds in Illinois
  November 18, 2009
  
• "Green" Claims
  November 2, 2009
  
• USEPA Continues Its Pursuit Of Greenhouse Gas Regulation
  October 30, 2009
  
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions a Nuisance‚ Yes or No?
  October 23, 2009
  
• USEPA Tightens Emissions Standards for Coal Preparation Plants and Processing Facilities
  October 13, 2009
  
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions a Nuisance? Second Circuit Rules Utilities Subject to Carbon Emissions Suit
  September 23, 2009
  
• EPA Grants Additional Partial Stay of the PM2.5 Implementation Regulation
  September 22, 2009
  
• USEPA Issues Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Final Rule
  September 22, 2009
  
• One Small Step for USEPA; A Giant Leap Toward Coordinated Regulation of Air Emissions for the Power Sector
  September 15, 2009
  
• EPA Proposes Revised NO2 Standards
  July 10, 2009
  
• Georgia Appeals Court Reverses a Lower Court Decision That a PSD Air Permit Must Contain CO2 Emission Limits
  July 9, 2009
  
• EPA Lists 44 'High Hazard Potential' Coal Ash Sites
  June 30, 2009
  
• Climate Bill Narrowly Passes in U.S. House
  June 29, 2009
  
• EPA Has No Permitting Role When The Army Corps Issues Fill Permits
  June 26, 2009
  
• State-Issued "No Further Remediation" Letter May Not Defeat RCRA Claims
  June 23, 2009
  
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Bush-Era Rule that Allows Water Transfers Without an NPDES Permit
  June 11, 2009
  
• Cinergy - Remedy Decision for Clean Air Rule Violations
  June 9, 2009
  
• EPA Grants Reconsideration and Partial Stay of NSR PM2.5 Implementation Regulation
  June 9, 2009
  
• EPA Issues Supplemental Proposal Regarding Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants
  June 5, 2009
  
• New Law in Response to Crestwood
  June 3, 2009
  
• Supreme Court Limits Scope of 'Arranger' Liability and Joint and Several Liability Under Superfund
  May 5, 2009
  
• U.S. EPA Reinstates Stricter TRI Reporting Requirements
  April 24, 2009
  
• U.S. EPA Takes Another Step Towards Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  April 20, 2009
  
• U.S. EPA Publishes Proposed National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
  April 10, 2009
  
• EPA Retains Authority to Set Reasonable National Performance Standards under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act
  April 2, 2009
  
• 96th Illinois General Assembly: Environmental Bill Summaries
  April 1, 2009
  
• Owners of Large Commercial and Residential Buildings may be Required to Report Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions under New U.S. EPA Proposed Rule
  March 17, 2009
  
• New National Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Proposed by U.S. EPA: All Sectors of the Economy Impacted
  March 13, 2009
  
• EPA Proposes to Regulate Additional Stationary Internal Combustion Engines
  March 6, 2009
  
• Court Orders Tennessee Valley Authority to Install and Operate Pollution Controls at Power Plants Estimated to Cost $1 Billion
  January 16, 2009
  
• Federal Regulation of Coal Ash Waste Foreseeable
  January 13, 2009
  
• California Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Greenhouse Gases
  January 9, 2009