In Kisor v. Wilkie, a decision released on June 26, 2019, the Supreme Court upheld Auer deference, used by federal courts when evaluating agency interpretations of their own rules. Although Kisor itself pertains to the…
In the June 26, 2019 Federal Register the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed rule addressing perchlorate in drinking water. EPA proposed a drinking water regulation and a health-based…
EU is going to ensure legal certainty, take advantage of technical developments, and further stimulate the incentive among producers of fertilisers to make more use of valuable waste streams, the…
On June 20, 2019, the European Commission established a new market surveillance regulatory framework to assess the compliance of products placed on EU's internal market. Under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, economic…
With the entry of force of the Directive (EU) 2019/904, the Member States shall reduce the consumption and even forbid the placing on the market of certain single-use plastics as…
On July 8, 2019 US EPA published its rule to replace the 2015 Clean Power Plan, the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The 2015 Clean Power Plan was issued as…
In the June 10, 2019 edition of the Federal Register, US EPA issued a notice of final approval of an alternative work practice (AWP) under the Clean Air Act (CAA)…
In the April 23, 2019 edition of the Federal Register, US EPA issued an Interpretive Statement on the conflict over whether certain releases of pollutants from point sources to groundwater…
On June 7, 2019 US EPA issued a guidance document clarifying its interpretation of provisions of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Under Section 401, a federal agency…
On June 19, 2019 US EPA announced that it had finalized its replacement to the 2015 Clean Power Plan, the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The 2015 Clean Power Plan…