By Andrew H. Perellis and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: In another rule aimed at small business, the EPA has just issued a rule for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category. The rule will add more federal compliance costs to already tight dental office budgets.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued last week its pretreatment standards
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By Andrew H. Perellis and Craig B. Simonsen
In another proposal aimed at small business, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just proposed a rule for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category. 79 Fed. Reg. 63258 (October 22, 2014). The rule will add more federal compliance costs and potential local treatment facility user fees to already tight
Continue Reading 120,000 Dental Offices to be Regulated Under EPA Dental Amalgam Rules
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld, in United States v. Long, No. 09-1863 (6th Cir., December 2, 2011), the criminal conspiracy conviction of an industrial waste treatment facility plant manager. In April 2009 the District Court had sentenced the defendant to two concurrent prison terms of twenty-four months. The defendant appealed his
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (Plan), published at 76 Fed. Reg. 66286 (October 26, 2011). Members of the public are encouraged to submit comments on the proposed Plan.
EPA plans to develop effluent guidelines and standards for the discharge of wastewater from the Coalbed Methane Extraction
Continue Reading EPA Publishes Final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan