At Williams Mullen, our environmental attorneys understand that clients want practical, cost-effective solutions, not reasons why something can’t be done. Our goal is to uncomplicate things and make them work. We do that by combining a thorough understanding of our client's business with a comprehensive knowledge of environmental law and a familiarity with the regulators and their procedures.
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At Williams Mullen, our environmental attorneys understand that clients want practical, cost-effective solutions, not reasons why something can’t be done. Our goal is to uncomplicate things and make them work. We do that by combining a thorough understanding of our client's business with a comprehensive knowledge of environmental law and a familiarity with the regulators and their procedures.
Our environmental attorneys have more than a hundred years of combined experience on an extensive array of matters. For example, we have represented:
- Manufacturers in obtaining air and water permits, including PSD, Title V, and NPDES, and in Clean Air and Clean Water Act compliance and enforcement issues.
- Fortune 500 companies in prosecuting and defending litigation concerning environmental liabilities, including CERCLA cost recovery and contribution actions and contract actions involving complex indemnity agreements.
- A large local government in permitting a 1,100 acre regional water supply reservoir project.
- Manufacturers, local governments and solid waste companies in the permitting, closure and post-closure care of solid and hazardous waste landfills.
- Real estate developers, investors and lenders in numerous Brownfields projects, including a 330 acre former rail yard in Alexandria, Virginia.
- Manufacturers and landowners in investigating and remediating contamination under CERCLA (including at numerous NPL sites), RCRA corrective action, and state voluntary cleanup programs.
- Clients charged with criminal violations of environmental laws.
- Insurers and policyholders in environmental insurance coverage disputes and in manuscripting environmental insurance policies.
- Real estate developers in obtaining federal and state wetland permits.
- Companies and lenders in connection with environmental due diligence and the negotiation and drafting of transaction agreements.
- Clients in connection with environmental audits and voluntary disclosures under federal and state audit policies.
Williams Mullen also assists clients with the growing legal challenges and economic opportunities in the renewable energy arena. Our attorneys have extensive experience in permitting, development and compliance issues associated with renewable energy projects. From onshore and offshore wind to biomass and waste-to-energy, we have the knowledge to help bring these projects to fruition.
Let us work with you. Our goal is to be a trusted advisor and member of your team.
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01.18.2024
Proposed Rule: Avoiding a Worst-Case Scenario for Worst-Case Discharges
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01.16.2024
15 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers List
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01.02.2024
14 Williams Mullen Attorneys Honored by Business North Carolina's 2024 “Legal Elite”
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12.19.2023
EPA Proposes New Effluent Guidelines for Meat Processors
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11.30.2023
71 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s "Legal Elite" for 2023
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11.13.2023
Environmental Attorney William Kuriger Joins Williams Mullen’s Columbia Office
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11.02.2023
Williams Mullen Nationally Ranked in 20 Practice Areas by Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2024
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10.19.2023
EPA Plant Shutdown Appeal Heats Up
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10.19.2023
Recap from the Trenches: Reactions to EPA’s 2023 Big Air Agenda
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10.19.2023
North Carolina’s Wetlands Saga is Over (for now)
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10.19.2023
EPA Expands Conditions for 401 Water Quality Certifications
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10.19.2023
Environmental Notes - October 2023
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08.03.2023
Three Attorneys Named Among South Carolina's "Legal Elite"
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07.07.2023
Sean Sullivan’s Return to Williams Mullen Covered by Law360
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07.05.2023
Veteran Environmental Partner Sean Sullivan Returns to Williams Mullen
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06.29.2023
Environmental Notes - July 2023
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06.29.2023
MDLs: The Black Holes of the U.S. Judicial System
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06.29.2023
PFAS and Your Wastewater Discharge Permit: What to Know and How PFAS Affects Permit Requirements
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06.29.2023
Virginia’s Ongoing Construction Stormwater Program Guidance Evolution: Part III - A Recap and a Look Ahead
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06.29.2023
North Carolina Proposes New Guidance for Vapor Intrusion Assessment and Mitigation
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06.02.2023
44 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 14 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2023
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04.03.2023
Biden and EPA Continue to Push Environmental Justice Using Cumulative Impacts
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04.03.2023
EPA’s Big Plans for 2023: Top Air Rulemakings We Are Watching
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04.03.2023
North Carolina Setting for EPA Announcement of Proposal to Limit PFAS in Drinking Water
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04.03.2023
DOJ Implements Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy for Criminal Misconduct
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04.03.2023
Final NESHAP for Metal Coating Manufacturers Triggers Initial Performance Tests and Control Technology
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04.03.2023
Environmental Notes - April 2023
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01.05.2023
11 Williams Mullen Attorneys Honored by Business North Carolina's 2023 'Legal Elite'
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12.15.2022
Environmental Notes - December 2022
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12.15.2022
EPA Proposed Rule: Fugitive Emissions Count Toward PSD Significant Emissions Increase Thresholds
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12.15.2022
4th Circuit Narrows Protections from CWA Citizen Suits
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12.15.2022
CERCLA Release Reporting Exemption for Federally Permitted Releases
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12.15.2022
Environmental Justice 2.0
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12.15.2022
EPA Adds 12 Chemicals to Annual EPCRA Reporting Requirements
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12.15.2022
EPA Proposes to Expand TRI Reporting Requirements for PFAS and Other Chemicals of Special Concern
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11.03.2022
Williams Mullen Nationally Ranked in 16 Practice Areas by U.S. News - Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’ 2023
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10.19.2022
Speaker Pollard Quoted in Bloomberg Law Article on 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
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10.10.2022
EPA ENFORCEMENT ALERT: Emergency and Non-Emergency Stationary Sources Are the Focus of EPA
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08.26.2022
VA DEQ’s 2022 Flood of Stormwater-Related Guidance - Part II: Proposed Technical Memorandum
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08.18.2022
123 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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08.16.2022
DEQ's 2022 Flood of Stormwater-Related Guidance for VA - Part I
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07.01.2022
The U.S. Supreme Court Cut EPA’s Authority To Regulate Greenhouse Gases Using Clean Air Act Section 111(d)
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06.02.2022
39 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 14 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2022
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06.02.2022
A Dialogue with Mike Rolband, Director of Virginia DEQ
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06.02.2022
Limitations Bar Superfund Contribution Action
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06.02.2022
EPA Proposes Rule to Ban Chrysotile Asbestos Using TSCA Risk Management Rule
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06.02.2022
EPA Aggregation Guidance is Easily Forgotten and Easily Enforced
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06.02.2022
EPA Proposes Unprecedented NOx Ozone Season Reductions to Address Good Neighbor Obligations for the 2015 Ozone NAAQS
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06.02.2022
DOJ Policy Restores Settlement Agreements Involving Payments to Non-Governmental Third Parties
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06.02.2022
The Federal Government Expands Environmental Justice Strategy Including New Equity Action Plan and Reinstatement of SEPS
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03.25.2022
The It Couple: Environmental Justice and PFAS
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03.25.2022
Sackett II Wetland Case Brewing Even As “Waters of the United States” Definition Simmers
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03.25.2022
Political Ping Pong? What’s Going On With the Utility Sector’s Clean Air Act Mercury and Air Toxics Standards?
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03.25.2022
Environmental Notes - March 2022
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01.20.2022
Environmental Notes - January 2022
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01.20.2022
Wetland Permitting in Virginia Made Murky by New Federal Rules and Corps District Staffing Shortages
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01.20.2022
EPA Finalizes Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
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01.20.2022
EPA Continues PFAS Regulatory Efforts with RCRA Rulemaking Announcement
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01.20.2022
New Approach: Proposed PFAS Regulation Erodes TSCA Exemptions
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01.19.2022
Welcome ASTM E1527-21: New Phase I Guidelines Released
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01.03.2022
14 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2022 ‘Legal Elite’
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12.07.2021
Williams Mullen Manufacturing Edge: Environmental Enforcement in the Current Regulatory Climate
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12.03.2021
Virginia DEQ Suspends Issuance of Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser, Lender Liability and other Brownfield Program Comfort Letters
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10.07.2021
EPA Significant New Use Rule: Commonly Used Chemical Substances
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10.07.2021
Unpacking the TSCA Polymer Exemption
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10.07.2021
A Primer on Statutory Protections for Intermediary Sellers in Toxic Tort Cases
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10.07.2021
WOTUS, WOTUS, WOTUS...
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10.07.2021
Environmental Notes - October 2021
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09.16.2021
Virginia DOLI Issues New COVID-19 Rules for Employers
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08.23.2021
124 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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08.06.2021
Ryan Trail and Ethan Ware Named Among South Carolina's "Legal Elite"
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07.22.2021
Environmental Notes - July 2021
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07.22.2021
Biden Boosts EPA’s Budget by Billions
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07.22.2021
Top Five Potential Air Permitting Reforms: How Air Permitting in Virginia Is Poised for Change
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07.22.2021
Bait and Switch: EPA Requests Comments on Regulation of TCE/PCE Replacement as HAP
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07.22.2021
Last Minute Trump Administration Regulation Limits Environmental Justice Settlements
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07.22.2021
Revised Tidal Wetlands Guidelines for Virginia: A New Mandate for Living Shoreline Use and Sea Level Rise Adaptation
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05.26.2021
40 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 12 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2021
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05.05.2021
Regulation of PFAS in Wastewater Permits: Recent Guidance and Rulemaking Actions by EPA
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05.05.2021
Environmental Justice is a Top Priority
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05.05.2021
Atlantic Richfield Company v. Christian - One Year Later
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05.05.2021
Environmental Notes - May 2021
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05.05.2021
Liability for Invalid State Agency Permit Decisions: Is the Regulated Party Left Holding the Bag?
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03.15.2021
Environmental Notes - March 2021
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03.15.2021
Closure Requirements for Large Quantity Generators under the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule
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03.15.2021
Can You Resuscitate an Elderly Phase I?
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03.15.2021
EPA’s FY 2020 Environmental Enforcement Report Tells Another Story
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03.15.2021
New Day at EPA
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03.15.2021
EPA Issues Clean Water Act Guidance Regarding Discharges to Groundwater
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03.15.2021
Biden DOJ Quickly Rescinds Trump Environmental Enforcement Policies
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03.15.2021
Corps Issues Nationwide Permits
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03.15.2021
Shoreline Protection: Proposed Virginia Regulatory Amendments for Coastal Resiliency and Climate Change Adaptation within Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas
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02.05.2021
Super EO Covers the Climate and Environmental Justice Fields
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01.11.2021
DOJ Defers to States for CWA Enforcement
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01.11.2021
Biden Administration Could Quickly Adopt Many Environmental Enforcement Policy Changes
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01.11.2021
Emergency Preparedness and Prevention under the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule
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01.11.2021
Don’t Slip and Fall into Noncompliance: EPA’s Proposed Criminal Negligence Standard under the Clean Water Act
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01.11.2021
EPA Says No Risk from CERCLA Financial Assurance Exemptions for Three Named Industries
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01.11.2021
Are Jurisdictional Determinations Valid only for Five Years?
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01.11.2021
Good Neighbor Ozone Transport in 2021: What’s the Fuss for NOx Sources in Upwind States?
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01.11.2021
NEPA Challenges to Permits Lead to Project Delays
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01.11.2021
Environmental Notes - January 2021
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01.05.2021
16 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2021 ‘Legal Elite’
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12.01.2020
61 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2020
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11.05.2020
Williams Mullen Nationally Ranked in Practice Areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’ 2021
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10.27.2020
Environmental Notes - November 2020
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10.26.2020
Modernizing the EPA Ignitability Test: Alcohol, Thermometers, and Multi-Phased Substances
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10.26.2020
EPA Policy of Once In, Always for CAA Section 112 Becomes Once In, Sometimes Out
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10.26.2020
Scared of What Your Air Permit Really Means?: Top 5 Pitfalls
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10.26.2020
What’s Next for Environmental Regulation if Biden Wins?
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10.26.2020
Beat the Clock: Timely Reporting of Releases of Hazardous Substances
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10.26.2020
EPA Takes Broad Action on Pesticide Devices
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10.26.2020
Proposed Definition of “Habitat”: New Ground for Endangered Species Act Regulations
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10.26.2020
EPA Tries to Sink Environmental Groups Challenge to its Navigable Waters Rule
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10.20.2020
Ware Writes Op-ed for The State on SC Businesses and Environmental Regulations
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10.02.2020
Brooke-Davidson Discusses Transition to Williams Mullen in Law360 Article
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09.30.2020
Williams Mullen Strengthens Environmental Practice With Addition of Carrick Brooke-Davidson
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08.20.2020
116 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©; Most Total Lawyers in Virginia
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08.12.2020
Three Environmental Attorneys Named Among South Carolina’s “Legal Elite”
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07.16.2020
Environmental Notes - July 2020
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07.14.2020
Federal Court Holds CERCLA Reporting Exemption Applies to Releases in Excess of Air Permit Limits
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07.14.2020
D.C. Circuit Requires EPA to Consider All HAPs When Reviewing NESHAPs
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07.14.2020
EPA Amends TSCA Definition of “Small Manufacturer”
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07.14.2020
Regulatory Prescriptions for COVID-19: Trump Continues Efforts for Regulatory Reform and Expedited Infrastructure Review
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07.14.2020
Virginia Regional Carbon Trading: Ready, Set, Join RGGI!
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07.14.2020
Court Holds Local NIMBY Ordinance Preempted by State Law
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07.14.2020
EPA Announces Termination Date for COVID-19 Enforcement Policy
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06.26.2020
Daylight Shines on Nationwide Permit 12, but Dark Clouds Still Loom
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05.14.2020
Martin Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Delayed Cleanup of Contaminated Harbor
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05.08.2020
Bye, Bye SEPs
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05.08.2020
Environmental Notes - May 2020
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05.08.2020
EPA Takes Hit in Proposed Budget for FY2021
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05.08.2020
Crystal-balling the Coal Ash Closure Regulations for the Electric Generation Sector
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05.08.2020
Supreme Court Ruling Creates CERCLA Uncertainty
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05.08.2020
Supreme Court Holds that NPDES Permit Can be Required for Discharges to Groundwater that Reach Surface Waters
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05.08.2020
Enforcement Trends Under The Clean Air Act's General Duty Clause
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05.08.2020
EPA Issues Final Rule for Civil Compliance Inspection Procedures
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05.08.2020
End of the Line? EPA and Corps of Engineers Finalize New Definition of “Waters of the United States”
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04.30.2020
Stop the Pipes? Corps' Nationwide Permit 12 Vacated by Federal District Court
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04.28.2020
29 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 11 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2020
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04.20.2020
EPA Issues Temporary Advisory for NPDES Reporting During COVID-19
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04.17.2020
7 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2020 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers List
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03.27.2020
EPA Issues COVID-19 Guidance on Enforcement Discretion
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03.27.2020
South Carolina Offers Environmental Regulatory Relief During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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03.25.2020
OSHA Reporting and Recordkeeping for COVID-19 at the Workplace
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01.13.2020
Trump Issues Executive Orders Limiting Regulation by Agency Guidance
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01.13.2020
Environmental Notes - February 2020
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01.13.2020
The Emergence of PFAS Related Lawsuits Against Wastewater Treatment Plants
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01.13.2020
Virginia Breaking Blue: Spotlight on Air Issues
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01.13.2020
Containment Area Releases and the Limits of CERCLA Release Reporting Obligations
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01.13.2020
The Endless Dance: Defining “Waters of the United States”
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01.13.2020
EPA Revises Controversial RMP Regulations
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01.07.2020
Guarding Environmental Audit Information: The In-House Counsel’s Guide to Privilege and Protection
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01.02.2020
13 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2020 ‘Legal Elite’
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12.04.2019
55 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2019
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11.11.2019
Jessie King Quoted in Boston Globe on Emerging Contaminants in Landfill Leachate
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11.07.2019
Williams Mullen Nationally Ranked in 13 Practice Areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’ 2020
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10.31.2019
Williams Mullen Welcomes Three First-Year Associates
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10.29.2019
EPA Answers Trump’s Call for Less State Authority Under the Clean Water Act
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10.29.2019
Environmental Notes - November 2019
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10.29.2019
Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule Provides Episodic Exceedance Relief
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10.29.2019
Environmental Consultants Face Potential Legal Liability
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10.29.2019
Don’t Get Lost in the Storm: A Recap of Virginia’s Renewed, Greatly Amended and Now Effective Construction Stormwater Discharge General Permit
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10.29.2019
New EPA Policy Emphasizes Cooperative Federalism in Environmental Enforcement
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10.29.2019
Why Coal Ash Regulation Should Be on Everyone’s Watch List
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10.29.2019
EPA Releases New Guidance on CERCLA Landowner Liability Protections
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08.15.2019
119 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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08.15.2019
15 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named "Lawyers of the Year" by Best Lawyers®
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08.12.2019
Jessie King and Ryan Trail Named Among South Carolina's "Legal Elite"
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08.05.2019
Williams Mullen Represents The C.F. Sauer Company in Sale to Private Equity Firm
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07.18.2019
Environmental Notes - August 2019
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07.16.2019
Virginia’s Renewed General Industrial Stormwater Discharge Permit Includes a Mix of Tougher and More Flexible Standards
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07.16.2019
Superfund Neighbors Come Knocking
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07.16.2019
A Road Map to Effective Use of Environmental Lawyers and Consultants
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07.16.2019
EPA’s Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule: Five Changes to the Satellite Accumulation Rule
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06.05.2019
EPA Clarifies its Stance on the Regulation of Groundwater Under the Clean Water Act
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06.05.2019
Environmental Notes - June 2019
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06.05.2019
EPA Proposes Rule for Confidential Business Information Claims under TSCA
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06.05.2019
Virginia’s Draft Chesapeake Bay TMDL Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan: Endgame, or Just Another Episode in a Long Series?
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06.05.2019
A New Pill to Swallow: EPA’s Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule
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06.05.2019
EPA Restricts Manufacture and Use of Methylene Chloride for Consumer Paint and Coating Removal
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06.05.2019
The Risk Game: Environmental Litigation Isn’t All Chance
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06.05.2019
The Biggest Phase I ESA Mistake You Can Make
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04.25.2019
30 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 12 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2019
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04.19.2019
7 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2019 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers List; 2 Named 2019 Rising Stars
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04.01.2019
States Push Back on EPA's Position on Landfill Emissions
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04.01.2019
Pack More Than An Umbrella: Minimizing Storm-Related Environmental Liability
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04.01.2019
EPA Places Renewed Emphasis on Audit Policy
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04.01.2019
What's All the PFAS About?
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04.01.2019
Virginia is One Step Closer to State Regulation of Carbon Emissions
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03.29.2019
Environmental Notes - April 2019
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02.01.2019
Williams Mullen Announces Election of Seven New Partners - Feb, 2019
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01.02.2019
13 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2019 ‘Legal Elite’; Keith Kapp and Elizabeth Scott Inducted Into Hall of Fame
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12.19.2018
Environmental Notes - January 2019
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11.30.2018
45 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2018
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11.09.2018
Williams Mullen Adds Three Attorneys from Smith Moore Leatherwood
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11.01.2018
Williams Mullen Ranked Nationally in 15 Practice Areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers 'Best Law Firms' 2019
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10.01.2018
EPA Announces New Compliance Policy
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10.01.2018
Deconstructing Clean Air Act Stationary Source Aggregation: EPA Issues New Interpretation of “Adjacency”
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10.01.2018
Fourth Circuit Decision Conveys New Meaning of Clean Water Act “Point Source” for Coal Ash Ponds
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10.01.2018
Fate of “Waters of the United States” Rulemaking Now Even Murkier
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10.01.2018
Environmental Notes - October 2018
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10.01.2018
Frequent TSCA Questions: Chemical Processor Reporting
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10.01.2018
EPA Issues TSCA PMN Guidance: Pointers for Submitters
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10.01.2018
Hazardous Waste Determinations: What You Need to Know to Comply
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09.11.2018
Hurricanes and Flooding: Surely EPA Regulations are Suspended?!
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09.07.2018
Williams Mullen’s Environment & Natural Resources Group to Serve as Virginia Manufacturers Association’s Air Regulation Legal Counsel
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08.29.2018
Channing Martin Named to 2018 Class of Leaders in the Law by Virginia Lawyers Weekly
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08.15.2018
110 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in Latest Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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08.06.2018
Jessie King Named Among South Carolina's “Legal Elite of the Midlands” by Columbia Business Monthly for Sixth Year Running
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07.20.2018
Williams Mullen Adds Environmental Attorney Benjamin Mowczan in Columbia
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06.26.2018
Pruitt Directs Staff to Get “Back to Basics” For NAAQS Reviews
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06.26.2018
EPA Proposes Increased Transparency For Scientific Studies
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06.26.2018
Know Your Chemical’s Potential without TSCA Oversight: The Test Marketing Exemption Explained
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06.26.2018
Time to Make a Change: Deconstructing Clean Air Act Stationary Source Aggregation
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06.26.2018
Environmental Notes – July 2018
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05.03.2018
29 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 12 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers USA 2018 Guide
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05.02.2018
Environmental Notes - May 2018
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05.01.2018
EPA Halts Financial Assurance Requirements for Hardrock Mining
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05.01.2018
New Appointments Made at Virginia DEQ
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05.01.2018
EPA Keeps Landfill Methane Rules In Place... At Least for the Moment
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05.01.2018
Courts and EPA Continue to Debate Role of Groundwater in Clean Water Act Jurisdiction and NPDES Permitting
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05.01.2018
Five Questions Every Industrial Facility Should Answer Before Applying for a Pretreatment Permit
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05.01.2018
Clean Air Act New Source Review in 2018: Re-thinking Your Strategy for Compliance
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03.16.2018
Liz Williamson Quoted in Law360 on EPA's New Source Review Guidance
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02.13.2018
Recent Court Decision and EPA/Corps Actions Affect Fate of Clean Water Rule
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02.13.2018
Environmental Notes - March 2018
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02.13.2018
Upcoming EPCRA Tier II Reports Must Use New Hazard Classifications
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02.13.2018
The Fate of the CCR Rule “is” Still in Dispute
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02.13.2018
Round-up of Clean Air Developments from 2017
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02.13.2018
Strange But True: Recent EPA and State Actions Show Breadth of Environmental Enforcement
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02.13.2018
DOJ/EPA Memos Change Enforcement Policies
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12.01.2017
46 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine's 2017 'Legal Elite'
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11.20.2017
OSHA Seeks to Pluck Poultry Processors
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11.20.2017
Deputy Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Water Provides Environmental Policy Insights
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11.20.2017
Prompt Reporting is Key to the Upset Defense
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11.20.2017
Environmental Groups Argue Sham Recycling Rule Should Be Recycled by EPA Rather Than Partially Discarded by Court
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11.20.2017
EPA Seeks Greater Autonomy for State Environmental Programs
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11.20.2017
Sue and Settle is Gone: EPA Administrator Revises EPA Litigation Policy
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11.20.2017
Environmental Notes - November/December 2017
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11.01.2017
Williams Mullen Ranked Nationally in 14 Practice Areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms” 2018
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10.20.2017
Environmental Notes - October 2017
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10.13.2017
Law360: Williams Mullen Brings On Two Environmental Partners
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10.12.2017
Williams Mullen Expands Environmental Practice with Liz Williamson and Jay Holloway
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09.27.2017
EPA Publishes Guidance for State CCR Permitting Programs
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09.27.2017
OSHA Adds Arsenic as a Concern for Indoor Shooting Ranges
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09.27.2017
SNAP! D.C. Circuit Greenhouse Gas Decision a Win for Industry
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09.27.2017
Top Ten Hazardous Waste Mistakes
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09.27.2017
Final TSCA Inventory Notification Rule Issued
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09.27.2017
Round Two for Virginia’s Proposed Nonpoint Source Nutrient Credit Certification Regulation
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08.14.2017
Nine Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2018 ‘Lawyers of the Year’ by The Best Lawyers in America
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08.14.2017
114 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2018
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08.08.2017
EPA Marks First Anniversary of TSCA Reform With Three Implementing Rules
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08.08.2017
Increase in Chemical Security Vulnerability Assessments Likely Under New DHS Standards
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08.08.2017
D.C. Circuit Court Limits EPA’s Sham Recycling Rule
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08.08.2017
Two Recent Cases Spotlight Ability of Third Parties to Access Facility Information
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08.08.2017
RCRA Corrective Action Liability: Can it be Imposed on a Company that Never Owned or Operated the Facility?
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08.08.2017
Environmental Notes - August 2017
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08.01.2017
Phil Conner and Jessie King Selected for South Carolina's Legal Elite of the Midlands by Columbia Business Monthly
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07.28.2017
Liz Williamson Talks Clean Air Act with Law360
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07.05.2017
Environmental Notes - July 2017
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07.05.2017
United States Withdraws From Paris Climate Agreement
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07.05.2017
EPA Stays Landfill Methane Rules
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07.05.2017
Pesticide Bill Seeks to Ease Regulatory Burdens
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07.05.2017
EPA Administrator Makes Streamlining Superfund a Priority
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07.05.2017
Refrigeration Systems Targeted: Risk Management Plans and Release Reporting
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05.26.2017
32 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 12 Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers USA for 2017
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05.17.2017
Channing Martin Quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch Story on Governor McAuliffe's Carbon Directive
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05.16.2017
Revised MACT Standards Coming for 13 HAP Sources
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05.16.2017
Bye-Bye Clean Power Plan
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05.16.2017
Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Reconsider Energy and Climate Change Initiatives
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05.16.2017
Can Discharges to Groundwater Trigger Clean Water Act Liability
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05.16.2017
EPA Issues New Contaminated Sediments Guidance
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05.16.2017
D.C. Circuit Strikes Down CERCLA Reporting Exemptions for Animal Feeding Operations
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05.16.2017
EPA Proposes Further Delay of Revised RMP Rule
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05.16.2017
Environmental Notes - May 2017
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05.15.2017
Trump Administration Responds to Lawsuit Challenging “Two for One” Executive Order
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04.03.2017
Environmental Notes - April 2017
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04.03.2017
President Trump’s Two for One Deal
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04.03.2017
EPA Wastewater Settlement Highlights Industry Focused Enforcement Initiative
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04.03.2017
Successfully Managing Environmental Regulatory Inspections
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04.03.2017
EPA’s Water Transfers Rule Resurrected, but For How Long?
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04.03.2017
Trump Seeks to Drown Clean Water Rule and Slash EPA’s Budget
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02.06.2017
EPA Issues Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products
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02.06.2017
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy
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02.06.2017
Trump Issues Executive Orders; Environmental Groups Prepare to Oppose His Agenda
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02.06.2017
Fourth Circuit Upends NPDES Permit Shield
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02.06.2017
Environmental Notes - February 2017
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02.06.2017
Tips for Tackling Tier II Trouble
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02.06.2017
EPA Proposes Use Restrictions on TCE
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02.06.2017
EPA Amends CAA 112(r) Risk Management Program
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12.15.2016
North Carolina Begins Using Risk-Based Corrective Action at High Risk UST Sites
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12.15.2016
Solar Energy Continues to Shine in South Carolina
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12.15.2016
Environmental Notes - December 2016
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12.15.2016
VDEQ Changes Approach to No Further Action Letters and Officially Launches VURAM
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12.15.2016
EPA Finalizes Change to Area Source Boiler Rule
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12.15.2016
Common Stock Used to Reimburse EPA for CERCLA Response Costs
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12.15.2016
EPCRA Update: Nonylphenol Ethoxylates Proposed as 313 Toxic Chemical Categor
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12.15.2016
EPA Publishes Revised Pesticide Application General Permit
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12.12.2016
Trump Wins; Pruitt Nominated for EPA Administrator – What’s Next for Environmental Regulation?
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12.07.2016
50 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business magazine’s 2016 ‘Legal Elite’
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11.10.2016
North Carolina Federal Court Gives Go Ahead for Shooting Range on Public Land
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11.10.2016
JLARC’S Virginia Water Resources Report Calls for Changes
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11.10.2016
South Carolina DHEC Reissues the Industrial Storm Water General Permit
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11.10.2016
EPA Proposes Revisions to PSD and Title V Greenhouse Gas Permitting Regulations
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11.10.2016
EPA Elects Not to Publicize Changes to S-846 Guidance
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11.10.2016
EPA Plays Defense in Mine Disaster
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11.10.2016
Environmental Notes - November 2016
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11.03.2016
Williams Mullen Ranked Nationally in 15 Legal Practices by U.S. News – Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’ 2017
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09.26.2016
OSHA Penalties Skyrocket
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09.26.2016
Environmental Notes - September 2016
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09.26.2016
CEMEX Settlement Bolsters EPA Air Enforcement Initiative
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09.26.2016
Virginia DEQ Proposes to Amend its Enforcement Manual
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08.15.2016
Nine Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2017 ‘Lawyers of the Year’ by Best Lawyers®
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08.15.2016
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2017 Best Lawyers in America
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08.11.2016
Environmental Notes - August 2016
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08.11.2016
Virginia DEQ to Revise Risk Assessment Protocols
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08.11.2016
Overlapping Labels Can Lead to Liability
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08.11.2016
Time to Pay More: EPA Increases Maximum Civil Penalties
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08.11.2016
EPA Issues Final Rules To Reduce Methane Emissions From MSW Landfills
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08.11.2016
Court to Consider EPA Rule Eliminating Exemption for Excess Emissions During SSM
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08.11.2016
D.C. Circuit Upholds Boiler MACT
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08.01.2016
Jessie King Named Among South Carolina's “Legal Elite of the Midlands” by Columbia Business Monthly
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07.22.2016
Law360 and Columbia Star Cover Phil Conner Hiring
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07.19.2016
OSHA Promulgates New Rule on Respirable Silica Particles
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07.19.2016
Corps of Engineers Issues Proposal on Nationwide Permits
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07.19.2016
Regulated Parties – 2, Regulators – 0
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07.19.2016
EPCRA Section 313 Reporting: Frequent Questions
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07.19.2016
Congress Finds the Formula to Reform Chemical Regulation
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07.19.2016
Mercury Rule Moves Forward
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07.19.2016
Environmental Notes - July 2016
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06.22.2016
FAA Issues Final Rule for Businesses to Use Drones
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06.02.2016
26 Williams Mullen Attorneys, 11 Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers USA for 2016
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05.19.2016
Feds Renew Focus on Worker Safety and Individual Accountability
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05.19.2016
Environmental Notes - May 2016
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05.19.2016
Air Program Malfunction Exemption Nixed, But Not Agency Discretion
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05.19.2016
EPCRA 313 Reporting – FAQs
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05.19.2016
What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate (in the Workplace)
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05.19.2016
EPA Region III Assesses Largest Superfund Stipulated Penalty Ever
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05.19.2016
Environmental and Industry Groups Challenge EPA Coal Ash Rule
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04.26.2016
Hazardous Waste: New Corrosivity Test Denied, But the Fight is Not Over
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04.26.2016
EPA Can Withold Certain Wastewater Data from the Public
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04.26.2016
Feds Spawn New Rules and Policies for Protected Species Habitat and Mitigation
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04.26.2016
OSHA Enforcement in the Final Year of the Obama Administration
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04.26.2016
Environmental Notes - April 2016
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04.26.2016
EPA Enforcement Initiatives Renew and Expand Industrial Target Priorities
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03.31.2016
Speaker Pollard Disusses Rising Sea Levels at 2016 Resilient Virginia Conference
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03.23.2016
Williams Mullen Construction Industry Newsletter - Spring 2016
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03.17.2016
Environmental Notes - March 2016
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03.17.2016
Selling Property “As Is” Won’t Protect Seller From Superfund Liability
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03.17.2016
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Jurisdictional Determinations May be Appealed
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03.17.2016
Chesapeake Bay TMDL Here to Stay
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03.17.2016
EPA Seeks to Add Subsurface Intrusion to CERCLA Hazard Ranking System
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03.17.2016
Texas Groundwater Case Opens New Front in Regulatory Takings Claims
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02.16.2016
Amendments to Virginia Hazardous Waste Regulations Offer Increased Flexibility
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02.16.2016
Big Surprise for Big River Steel
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02.16.2016
Developers Dodge Bullet with Northern Long-Eared Bat
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02.16.2016
EPA Simplifies SWPPPs for Small Residential Construction Projects
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02.16.2016
Supreme Court Blocks Clean Power Plan, But Scalia’s Death Changes Outlook on Ultimate Fate
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02.16.2016
Case Law Updates
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02.16.2016
Environmental Notes - February 2016
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01.20.2016
Channing Martin Quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch Article About Effect of Northern Long-Eared Bat on Development Activities
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01.14.2016
Environmental Notes - January 2016
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01.14.2016
How Should You Respond to EPA Information Requests? Very Carefully.
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01.14.2016
Water Board Proposes Amendments to Virginia’s Bay Watershed General Permit
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01.14.2016
OSHA Extends Process Safety Management Standard Compliance Date for Bulk Chemical Distributors
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01.14.2016
Virginia Federal Court Holds Groundwater Contamination Triggers Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
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12.17.2015
Fossil Fuel EGUs Continue to Feel the Heat
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12.17.2015
North Carolina DENR is Now DEQ; New Audit Privilege and Limited Immunity Enacted
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12.17.2015
Can Air Emissions Result in CERCLA Liability?
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12.17.2015
Water Board Proposes Amendments to Virginia’s Water Withdrawal and Wetland Regulations
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12.17.2015
EPA Finalizes Amendments to the Boiler MACT; Definitions of “Startup” and “Shutdown” are Revised
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12.10.2015
Environmental Notes - December 2015
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12.09.2015
50 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business magazine’s 2015 ‘Legal Elite’
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11.16.2015
EPA Issues Final MACT for Brick and Structural Clay Products and Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
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11.16.2015
New Ozone Standard: Better Than it Could Have Been, But Creates Uncertainty for Industry
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11.16.2015
Environmental Notes - November 2015
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11.16.2015
Previously-Exempt Retailers Now Subject to PSM Standard
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11.16.2015
CERCLA Divisibility: Two Strikes and Bases are Loaded
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11.16.2015
EPA Updates UST Rules
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11.16.2015
EPA Tightens Wastewater Discharge Limits for Power Plants
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11.05.2015
Channing Martin Quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch about Clean Power Plan
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11.03.2015
Williams Mullen Ranked Nationally in 16 Legal Practices by U.S. News – Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’ 2016
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10.26.2015
Environmental Notes - October 2015
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10.26.2015
TSCA 101 for Importers: Good Faith is No Defense to Faulty Compliance Certification
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10.26.2015
EPA Denies Petition to Remove EGBE From List of TRI Form R Chemicals
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10.26.2015
Improvements or Impositions? EPA Proposes Amendments to Hazardous Waste Generator Rules
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10.26.2015
EPA Puts Refrigeration Firm on Ice
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10.26.2015
Clean Water Rule Gets Doused
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09.23.2015
Mine Fails to Utilize Reduced Reporting Option, Pays Significant Price
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09.23.2015
Proposed Rules Seek to Cut Methane Emissions at Landfills
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09.23.2015
EPA Proposes Hazardous Waste Rule for Pharmaceuticals
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09.23.2015
Virginia’s Aboveground Storage Tank Regulations Are Amended
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09.23.2015
EPA Enforcement Initiative
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09.23.2015
Revisions to Key Definitions in Virginia Air Pollution Program Add Flexibility
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09.03.2015
Environmental Notes - September 2015
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08.31.2015
Channing Martin Quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch about Clean Water Rule
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08.25.2015
Is that Wetland Jurisdictional? A Practical Guide to the New Clean Water Rule
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08.17.2015
106 Williams Mullen Attorneys named 2016 Best Lawyers in America
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08.11.2015
EPA Issues Final Amendments to Cement Kiln NESHAP
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08.11.2015
Federal Government Continues to Target Big Coal
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08.11.2015
EPA Rejects Georgia SIP’s Automatic Rescission Powers
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08.11.2015
Court Holds Company Was Penalized Twice for Same Violation
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08.11.2015
EPA Finalizes Clean Power Plan: Now What?
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08.01.2015
Environmental Notes - August 2015
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07.17.2015
Channing Martin quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch about dismissed environmental lawsuit
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07.17.2015
Environmental Notes - July 2015
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07.09.2015
Supreme Court Ruling on EPA Mercury Rule: Utilities Wins the Battle, But Lose the War
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07.09.2015
Clean Water Rule Opens Litigation Floodgates
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07.09.2015
Lesson Learned from EPA Enforcement of EPCRA Form R Requirements
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07.09.2015
EPA Issues Vapor Intrusion Guidance
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07.06.2015
Channing Martin discusses waste laws with the Richmond Times-Dispatch
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06.09.2015
Environmental Notes - June 2015
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06.09.2015
South Carolina Court Limits CERCLA Remedies
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06.09.2015
EPA Proposes to Redesignate Charlotte Area to Attainment for Ozone Standard
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06.09.2015
Generators Need to be Vigilant About TCLP Sampling Protocol
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06.09.2015
Frequent Questions: EPCRA 313
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06.09.2015
EPA and Corps Define “Waters of The United States”
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06.09.2015
EPA Issues SIP Call to Eliminate SSM Defense
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05.13.2015
Virginia’s Draft State Water Resources Plan
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05.13.2015
FREQUENT QUESTIONS: Form R Part II
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05.13.2015
Farms and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA)
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05.13.2015
Manufacturers and Temporary Workers
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05.13.2015
Change Management for the Industrial Wastewater Discharger
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05.12.2015
Environmental Notes - May 2015
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04.15.2015
Williams Mullen Washington, D.C. Attorneys Named 2015 Super Lawyers
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04.14.2015
Environmental Notes - Spring 2015
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04.10.2015
Richmond BizSense writes about new attorneys and South Carolina office
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04.10.2015
Williams Mullen's New Columbia, SC office featured in Virginia Business
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04.09.2015
New Williams Mullen South Carolina office covered by Columbia Regional Business Report
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04.08.2015
Williams Mullen Expands to South Carolina with Additions to Respected Environmental Team
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12.05.2014
Williams Mullen Launches Coastal Flooding & Resiliency Team
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11.04.2014
Williams Mullen Receives Top Rankings in U.S. News Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" 2015 edition
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08.18.2014
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2015 Best Lawyers in America
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06.26.2014
Williams Mullen Welcomes Veteran Environmental Law Attorney Henry R. “Speaker” Pollard, V
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06.03.2014
Channing Martin quoted in Richmond Times-Dispatch about proposed carbon emissions regulations
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04.30.2014
Williams Mullen Washington, D.C. Attorneys Named 2014 Super Lawyers
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04.08.2014
Clarification or More Regulation? Agencies Issue Proposed Waters of the United States Rulemaking
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04.08.2014
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (February 2014)
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02.21.2014
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (January 2014)
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02.21.2014
Waste Board Amends VRP Regulations: What’s Changed?
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01.08.2014
EPA Issues Final Rule Adopting New ASTM Phase I Standard
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01.08.2014
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (December 2013)
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12.17.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (November 2013)
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12.17.2013
Northeastern States Seek to Force Upwind States to Join the Ozone Transport Region
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11.19.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (October 2013)
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11.19.2013
Proposed Amendments to VSMP Regulations Would Move Goal Posts
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10.31.2013
Williams Mullen Receives Top Rankings in U.S. News Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms"
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09.19.2013
Sound and Fury Signifying...the Status Quo
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09.19.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (August 2013)
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08.16.2013
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2014 Best Lawyers in America
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08.08.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments - July 2013
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08.08.2013
Can DEQ Waive Its Deadline for VPDES Permit Renewal?
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07.17.2013
Virginia Stormwater Program Moved to the DEQ
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07.17.2013
Virginia Environmental Regulatory Developments (May - June 2013)
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07.12.2013
Virginia DEQ to Become Lead Stormwater Agency
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05.24.2013
Williams Mullen Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA for 2013
Events
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01.25.2024
Ethan Ware to Present at Florida Finishers Corp.'s Annual Mid-Winter Conference and Exposition
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01.11.2024
Jessica King to Present Webinar at the American Agricultural Law Association on Environmental Justice
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01.05.2024
NC Chamber 2024 Environmental Compliance Conference
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11.08.2023
Groundwater Professionals of North Carolina Fall Mini-Conference
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10.19.2023
Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association Fall Meeting
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10.05.2023
Ethan Ware to Present at 2023 SC Manufacturing Summit
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09.20.2023
Virginia Environmental Health & Safety Conference
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06.07.2023
South Carolina Environmental Health & Safety Conference
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05.10.2023
NASF Palmetto Southeast Chapter 2023 Spring Chrome Summit
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05.03.2023
Renewable Energy Webinar Series: Environmental Considerations When Siting and Permitting Renewable Energy Projects
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04.27.2023
Renewable Energy Webinar Series: Permit by Rule (PBR) Process for Solar and Energy Storage Projects in Virginia
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12.06.2022
Ethan Ware to Speak at Southern Textile Association Southern Division Fall Meeting
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04.14.2022
Solar Webinar: Environmental Considerations When Acquiring or Permitting Utility-Scale Solar Projects in Virginia
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05.18.2021
M&A Webinar Series - Environmental Considerations in M&A Transactions
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11.20.2020
CLE Institute 2020
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11.19.2020
CLE Institute - Environmental Risk Mitigation Strategies in Real Property Transactions
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07.10.2020
NSR Settlements and Consent Decree Implementation - Energy, Utility & Environmental Conference
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07.10.2020
Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Litigation Affecting Utilities - NRECA Generation and Transmission (G&T) Legal Conference
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07.10.2020
Good, Gridlock, Goals - Clean Air Act Seminar
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07.10.2020
Your Hot Environmental Issues List for 2018 - Burns & McDonnell Generation Symposium
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07.10.2020
Trumped - Burns & McDonnell Generation Symposium
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07.10.2020
Is NSR Reform Possible? Settlement Trends and Your Real NSR Risk - Energy, Utility & Environmental Conference (EUEC)
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07.10.2020
Today’s Environmental Issues - Burns & McDonnell Generation Symposium
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07.10.2020
Solar Panel End of Life - National Rural Electric Cooperative (NRECA) Tech Advantage Conference
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05.10.2019
Indoor Shooting Sports Ranges Short Course: OSHA and Hazardous Waste Compliance
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05.08.2019
Emerging Contaminants & Landfill Leachate
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01.18.2019
Managing Concurrent Flooding Risk: Challenges and Opportunities
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12.07.2018
Indoor Shooting Sports Ranges Short Course: OSHA and Hazardous Waste Compliance
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11.20.2018
New EPA Rule on Solid and Hazardous Waste: Updated Compliance With 83 Fed. Reg. 24664
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11.06.2018
Clean Air Act Reform 2018: The Good, The Gridlock and The Goals
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09.25.2018
Environmental "Gotchas" of Real Estate Lending – Risk Management Association
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Susan A. Brancaccio
Associate- Phone:919.981.4041
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Carrick C. Brooke-Davidson
Partner- Phone:919.981.4027
- Email:Email
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Amos C. Dawson, III
Of Counsel- Phone:919.981.4010
- Email:Email
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Jessica J.O. King
Partner- Phone:803.567.4602
- Email:Email
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William D. Kuriger
Associate- Phone:803.567.4608
- Email:Email
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Ruth Levy
Partner- Phone:803.567.4613
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Channing J. Martin
Partner- Phone:804.420.6422
- Email:Email
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Ramona C. "Mona" O'Bryant
Partner- Phone:919.981.4091
- Email:Email
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Henry R. "Speaker" Pollard, V
Partner- Phone:804.420.6537
- Email:Email
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Sean M. Sullivan
Partner- Phone:919.981.4312
- Email:Email
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John G. Tamasitis
Senior Associate- Phone:803.567.4617
- Email:Email
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Ryan W. Trail
Partner- Phone:803.567.4605
- Email:Email
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Ethan R. Ware
Partner- Phone:803.567.4610
- Email:Email
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Richard H. "Dick" Willis
Partner- Phone:803.567.4611
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