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Environmental Justice Under the Biden Administration
On January 27th, President Biden formalized multiple campaign pledges to bolster the role of Environmental Justice across the government. Those include creating a White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council and a White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council to address “current...
Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Policy, Permitting, Liability and Tax Credits
Watch Jason Hutt , Elizabeth McGinley , and Christine Wyman as they discuss Carbon Capture Underground Storage (CCUS), 45Q tax exemption and key compliance, permitting and liability consideration, and much more.
Clean Water Act: The Good, The Bad, and The Muddy
This Environmental Law Seminar webinar discussed a range of Clean Water Act topics including reissuance and revisions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ nationwide permits for work in wetlands and other waters regulated by Section 404 of the Act...
The Next Four Years: What Will the Clean Air Act Bring?
The Trump administration arrived four years ago with a strong deregulatory agenda, which included a number of promised changes to Clean Air Act (CAA) rules and policies. After getting off to a slow start, the Trump EPA carried out a...
Post-Election Analysis from Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group (PRG): Implications for U.S. Energy and Environmental Policy
PRG’s Scott Segal , Tim Urban and Eric Washburn led a discussion about the 2020 election outcome and the impact it will have on the Energy and Environment industries through political and policy analysis.
The PRG Pulse 2020 Post Election Webinar
Guest Speakers for the PRG Pulse 2020 Post-Election Webinar Michael Gottlieb: Former Counsel to President Obama and Senior Advisor on political-military affairs Ron Minsk: Former Special Assistant to President Obama on energy and environmental affairs at the White House National...
TCEQ Accepting Comments on Proposed Changes to Penalty Policy
Join Whit Swift to discuss the proposed changes in greater detail and provide some real-world examples of how the proposed changes might increase administrative penalties for members of the regulated community in Texas. We will also discuss the changes that...
Environmental Essentials: Citizen Suits
Increasingly, opponents of pipelines and other projects are using environmental citizen suit mechanisms to create obstacles to development. This month, Bracewell’s Environmental Essentials webinar will provide a tour through the various citizen suit authorities, identify valuable defenses, especially with respect...
ESG - A Look Ahead
Environmental, social, and governance issues are mainstreaming. Where is it heading next? Join Partner Kevin Ewing for a short update on all things ESG – challenges, risks, standards, and strategies. Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. CT
Clean Water Act Developments
Christine Wyman will discuss EPA’s final Section 401 Water Quality Certification Rule, which aims to provide structure and limits on how States consider whether discharges from federally permitted projects will impact water quality. Daniel Pope will provide an update on...
This month's topic: Texas Title V and Permits by Rule
On May 29, 2020, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced programmatic changes to the Texas Title V operating permits program relating to how Texas Title V permits incorporate Permit by Rule (PBR) preconstruction authorizations. Join Bracewell partner Whit...
Clean Water Act News: Final Rulemaking Defining Waters of the United States Released
On April 21, EPA published the revised definition of “Waters of the United States,” or “WOTUS,” in the Federal Register . WOTUS is a lynchpin phrase in the Clean Water Act that determines the jurisdictional reach of multiple agencies. The...
EHS Self-Auditing: Effectively Utilizing Privileges to Protect Your Findings
Assessing compliance with EHS-related requirements is fundamental for industry, not only to validate compliance assurance efforts, but to help prevent, or at least minimize, enforcement exposure. At the same time, however, candid evaluations give rise to other risks in the...
RMP Rule: What's Going On?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted revisions to the federal Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule in December 2019, undoing some – but not all – of the program changes adopted in the final days of the Obama administration. Please...
NEPA "Neat": The Proposed Rule, Distilled
The Administration has just issued a proposed rule that would amend the federal regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA applies to nearly every federal action of consequence, including federal projects, permits for private activity, grants, funding decisions...