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Vickie C. Rusek
On January 24, 2019, OSHA issued a Final Rule eliminating the requirement for businesses with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from the OSHA Form 300 ...
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Phillip Hoover
On October 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that there is no statute of limitations applicable to an EPA enforcement action for injunctive relief ...
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Vickie C. Rusek
In an October 11, 2018 memorandum to Regional Administrators, OSHA clarified that 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35(b)(1)(iv), which prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses, does not prohibit post-incident drug testing.
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Vickie C. Rusek
On November 27, 2018, the California Office of Administrative Law approved an amendment to Section 25603 of Title 27, California Code of Regulations
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Phillip Hoover
Under the contractor's agreement with the water company, the water company supplied all materials for the sewer improvement project while the contractor supplied labor, tools, and equipment.
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Vickie C. Rusek
A recent ruling by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals could limit OSHA's ability to search for other hazards when investigating an accident.
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Vickie C. Rusek
After a ruling by Judge Stephen V. Wilson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles Waterkeeper, et al v. Pruitt, et al, case number 2:17-cv-03454 (August 9, 2018).
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Phillip Hoover
The decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on August 21 in Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG), et al v. EPA, No. 15-1219
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Phillip Hoover
In 2017, EPA finalized a rule that updated its HRS, used to determine when to add contaminated sites to the NPL, to allow ranking of sites based on subsurface intrusion, including both vapor and water seepage...
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Phillip Hoover
EPA's "exceptional events" rule allows air pollution caused by "exceptional events" to be discounted by States in determining their compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards ("NAAQS").
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Vickie C. Rusek
On June 22, 2018, the IRS released guidance to assist developers and owners of solar energy projects in determining the "beginning of construction"
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Vickie C. Rusek,
Andrew Thompson
At issue in Altamaha Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Rayonier Performance Fibers, LLC et al., 2018 WL 2947915, Case No. A18A0594 (Ga. App. June 13, 2018), was the definition of the phrase "interferes with legitimate water uses" in the narrative standard established by Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 391-3-6-.03 (5)(c).
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Phillip Hoover
In the first quarter of 2018, developers have installed 2.5 Gw of solar – up 13% from the previous year.
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Edward Ezekiel
Claims and investigations based on corporate social responsibility ("CSR") disclosures are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. and internationally.
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Vickie C. Rusek
OSHA's new electronic reporting rule took effect on January 1, 2017.
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