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June 3, 2019News Alert USDA Issues Legal Opinion on Hemp
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Mackenzie Schoonmaker, Kathy Szmuszkovicz, Chris Strunk

On May 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a legal opinion resolving significant ambiguities about the legality of hemp following the passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (more commonly known as the 2018 Farm...

May 31, 2019News Alert California Court Finds Tribe Lacks Standing to Quantify Reserved Water Right
Beveridge & DiamondLucy K. Infeld
May 30, 2019News Alert OSHA Announces Lockout/Tagout and Standards Improvement Project Developments
Beveridge & DiamondMark N. Duvall, Tracy Y. Williams
May 30, 2019News Alert Seventh Circuit Underscores Importance of “Scientifically Reliable” Expert Opinion in Complex Environmental Insurance Coverage Cases
Beveridge & DiamondEdward Grauman, John Kazanjian, Collin Gannon
May 29, 2019News Alert The Supreme Court Decides the United States Cannot Have Title to Running Waters
Beveridge & DiamondJamie Auslander, Kirstin Gruver, Lucy Infeld
May 29, 2019News Alert FDA to Hold Public Hearing May 31 Regarding Cannabis
Beveridge & DiamondMackenzie Schoonmaker
May 24, 2019News Alert New York Makes It Easier to Identify Potential Environmental Justice Communities
Beveridge & DiamondStacey Halliday, Mackenzie Schoonmaker, Ben Wilson, Brooklyn Hildebrandt, Julius Redd
May 22, 2019News Alert Washington State Passes Climate Bill to Restrict Certain Uses of HFCs
Beveridge & DiamondRuss LaMotte, Felicia Barnes, Aron Schnur
May 20, 2019News Alert California Department of Toxic Substances Control Proposes Regulation Classifying Discarded Solar Panels as Universal Waste
Beveridge & DiamondKen Finney, Lauren Hopkins, Dave Weber, Aminah Famili
May 17, 2019News Alert Seeing Smoke Ahead: Cal/OSHA Proposes Emergency Regulation to Protect Workers from Wildfire Smoke Exposure
Beveridge & DiamondJayni Lanham, Kaitlyn Shannon
May 17, 2019News Alert Vermont Governor Signs Law Setting Strict PFAS Limits
Beveridge & DiamondNessa Coppinger, Dan Krainin
May 15, 2019News Alert Basel Convention Recasts the Circular Economy for Plastics
Beveridge & DiamondPaul Hagen, Russ LaMotte, Dacie Meng
May 13, 2019News Alert Water From a Glacier Reaches the Ocean Eventually: Final Decree Issued in the Yakima Water Adjudication after 42 Years
Beveridge & DiamondRachel Roberts
May 9, 2019News Alert Washington State Enacts Sweeping Law to Regulate PFAS and Other Chemicals in Consumer Products and Packaging
Beveridge & DiamondRyan Carra, Nessa Coppinger, Dave Weber
May 6, 2019News Alert DOJ Releases Updated Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
Beveridge & DiamondPete Anderson, Dan Schulson, Josh Van Eaton, Brooklyn Hildebrandt
May 1, 2019News Alert Vermont Legislature Passes Bill That Would Impose Strict PFAS Limits
Beveridge & DiamondNessa Coppinger, Dan Krainin
April 26, 2019News Alert EPA Publishes Draft Screening and Remediation Recommendations for Groundwater Contaminated with PFOA and PFOS
Beveridge & DiamondNessa Coppinger, Sarah Munger
April 22, 2019News Alert Executive Orders Aim to Streamline Energy Infrastructure Projects 
Beveridge & DiamondJamie Auslander, Parker Moore, Katrina Krebs
April 22, 2019Article Hemp Transporters are Still Dodging Potholes Despite the Farm Bill
National Industrial Hemp Council BlogAuthors: Chris Strunk, Dylan King
April 19, 2019News Alert Massachusetts Proposes Cleanup Standards for PFAS
Beveridge & DiamondJeanine Grachuk, Dylan King
April 15, 2019News Alert Despite Sophisticated Acquisition Contract, Allocation of CERCLA Liability Unclear
Beveridge & DiamondGus Winkes
April 15, 2019News Alert FWS Takes a Mulligan on Greater Sage-Grouse Listing
Beveridge & DiamondJamie Auslander, Parker Moore, Alex Horning
April 10, 2019News Alert The Latest on HFCs: DC Circuit Strikes Another SNAP Rule and Other Recent Developments
Beveridge & DiamondRuss LaMotte, Aron Schnur
April 9, 2019News Alert EPA Proposal to Modernize the RCRA Ignitability Characteristic May Cause More Wastes to be Classified as Hazardous
Beveridge & DiamondAaron Goldberg, Beth Richardson
April 9, 2019News Alert Cannabis Business CEQA Exemption Expires on July 1: Will You Have a Permit or License to Conduct Business?
Beveridge & DiamondDavid McCray, Chris Strunk, Gina Ecolino
April 8, 2019News Alert EPA Announces Plan to Classify Wood-Based Power as Carbon Neutral
Beveridge & DiamondBrook Detterman, Kirstin Gruver
April 3, 2019News Alert As Mobile Source Enforcement Revs Up, Does UPHE v. Diesel Power Gear Presage a Wave of Citizen Suits?
Beveridge & DiamondDan Schulson, Josh Van Eaton, Grant Tolley
April 1, 2019News Alert Too Much to “Bare”: US Supreme Court Rejects Bare Metal Defense Under Federal Maritime Law
Beveridge & DiamondChris Strunk
March 27, 2019News Alert First 40 Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization Under TSCA Announced
Beveridge & DiamondRyan Carra, Mark Duvall, Tim Serie
March 27, 2019News Alert EPA Issues First TSCA Section 6 Final Rule in Thirty Years
Beveridge & DiamondRyan Carra, Mark Duvall, Tim Serie