State Regulation: Five-Year Delay Announced by CEC on Maximum Gross Gasoline Refining Margin Implementation
On August 29, 2025, the California Energy Commission (CEC) reviewed the proposed implementation of a maximum gross gasoline refining margin (GGRM) and associated penalties (Docket No. 23-OIIP-01). CEC defines “gross gasoline refining margin” as “the difference, expressed in dollars
Improving Legal Workflow with AI: Practical Litigation Tips
Within the last year, the legal industry has witnessed a surge in AI-based programs designed to improve workflow, legal research, and legal drafting, such as Westlaw Co-counsel. AI technology, although new, offers significant benefits for helping attorneys enhance their workflow. However, it is not a substitute for an attorney’s legal knowledge, skill, and independent judgment.
A Year Later, How is PFAS Being Addressed in Phase I ESAs?
It has now been over a year since PFOA and PFOS – two types of PFAS – were designated as hazardous substances under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law. Among the consequences of these designations was that PFOA and PFOS became subject to the ASTM standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (“ESAs”), meaning environmental
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—September 16, 2025
This Week! 2025 Agricultural Law Symposium—September 18, 2025. In-person at Penn State Dickinson Law, University Park, Pa., 6 CLE credits available!
Next Week: Webinar—Sept. 26, 2025, Understanding the Basics of U.S. Grain Dealer Statutes
Agricultural Labor: Federal Court Permanently Enjoins 2023 H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Calculation Rule, DOL to Publish New Rule
On August
A Turning Point for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation: EPA Seeks to Repeal its Endangerment Finding
On Aug. 1, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated a major climate policy shift by proposing to rescind its 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been the basis of many regulatory efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from both mobile and stationary sources.
Shale Law Weekly Review—Week of September 15, 2025
Pipelines: FERC Reissues Transco’s Permit to Construct Northeast Supply Enhancement Project
On August 28, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company’s (Transco) petition to construct and operate a pipeline system expansion in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In 2019, FERC issued Transco a certificate of public convenience and necessity,
EPA’s Rule Agenda Includes Multiple PFAS Initiatives
On September 4, 2025, EPA released its Unified Agenda which includes plans for a number of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulatory actions. The PFAS regulatory agenda is consistent with Administrator Zeldin’s April 2025 announcement regarding combatting PFAS contamination but includes more details. (See our prior post regarding the announcement.) The PFAS regulatory agenda includes
Revolution Wind Blasts Back
Following the Trump administration’s abrupt cancelation of the Revolution Wind project at the end of August, Revolution Wind LLC, a joint venture between Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to prevent enforcement of the stop work order. Revolution Wind contends that the order was motivated
The Release Report #1: The Connecticut Transfer Act Is Sunsetting on March 1, 2026 — Are You Ready?
Connecticut’s environmental remediation laws are about to change significantly on March 1, 2026. This blog series, and the companion Release Report video series, will highlight key features of the new release-based cleanup regulations (referred to as “RBCRs”) so interested parties can get ready.
Background
At present, much of the environmental remediation in Connecticut is driven
U.S. Fifth Circuit Declines to Reach the Merits of Challenges to a Limited Application of the Jones Act in the Offshore Wind Sector
In February of 2020, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company wrote to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) requesting guidance on whether the Jones Act would work to protect their interests with regard to ongoing offshore wind construction efforts being undertaken off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. Specifically, they wanted to know whether the