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By Andrew H. Perellis, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will not issue a final rule for the Obama-era’s proposed regulations for financial responsibility requirements for certain hardrock mining (HRM) facilities. 83 Fed. Reg. 7556 (Jan. 21, 2018).

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that “after…
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In this webinar, Seyfarth Shaw’s environmental group will distill the universe of environmental concerns in business transactions down to the top ten issues that practitioners should be aware of and think through.

Business transactions occur against an evolving landscape of changing environmental laws and rules. Many deals go forward, however, with boilerplate environmental clauses, imprecise definitions of key terms, incomplete…
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By Andrew H. Perellis and Craig B. Simonsen

Senator Frank Lautenberg introduced legislation yesterday intended to reduce the risk to communities from attack or catastrophic incident. The proposed legislation would require high risk chemical, oil refineries, and water facilities to assess and develop plans to address their vulnerabilities.  The legislation would also require the highest-risk facilities to use “Inherently Safer Technology&rdquo…

Continue Reading Congress Considers Bills to Impose Heightened Safety Obligations Upon Chemical Facilities