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Back to the Future, Part 1: Learning PFAS Lessons From the History of MTBE With Steven Cook
In the first of a two-part episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope talks with Bracewell partner Steven Cook , who served as deputy assistant administrator at the EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management prior to...
Environmental Essentials: Permitting and Environmental Justice: What's Next?
The EPA continues to advance environmental justice policies, issuing its “Principles for Addressing Environmental Justice in Air Permitting” in December and preparing its much-anticipated guidance on addressing cumulative impacts in permitting expected later this year. Watch Steven Cook and Whit...
Looking Ahead With Erin Chancellor
In this episode of the Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope is joined by Erin Chancellor, the interim executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Can you tell us a little bit about what the transition from...
BOEM Proposes to Modify its Offshore Renewable Energy Regulations
On January 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) announced a proposed rule (the “Modernization Rule”) to modernize its regulations for renewable energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”). The announcement...
New Climate Guidance Issued to Federal Agencies Conducting Environmental Impact Analyses
Overview On January 9, 2023, the Council for Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published interim National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change (hereafter, “guidance” or “GHG Guidance”). 1 CEQ intends for agencies to apply the...
Biden Administration Finalizes Redefinition of "Waters of the United States"
On December 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers announced their finalization of the agencies’ redefinition of the Clean Water Act’s “waters of the United States” phrase, or “WOTUS”, a key phrase in...
Happy Holidays: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
In this holiday episode of the Environmental Law Monitor, Tim Wilkins , Jason Hutt , and Ann Navaro from Bracewell’s Environment, Lands and Resources Practice Group join host Daniel Pope to discuss the events of 2022 while looking ahead to...
All I Want For Christmas Is....Permitting Reform
In this episode of the Environmental Law Monitor, Liam Donovan and Christine Wyman from Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group join host Daniel Pope to discuss permitting reform and what that looks like during the lame duck session on the Hill. What...
Associates Break Down the Fall Environmental Law Seminar
In this episode of the Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope is joined by fellow Bracewell practice group associate Taylor Stuart to discuss highlights from the Environmental Law Seminar held in Houston on November 15. The first panel involved environmental...
PRG Pulse 2022 Post-Election Analysis
CONTENTS The Big Picture Congressional Overview White House Response Congressional Oversight The Key Issues Clean Energy & IRA Implementation Hydrogen Offshore Wind and Solar Carbon Capture & Storage Critical Minerals Oil & Gas Permitting Reform and Energy Infrastructure Energy...
Sackett II Me: Breaking Down the Arguments in Sackett v. EPA
In this episode of the Environmental Law Monitor, Bracewell partners Ann Navaro and Sara Burgin join host Daniel Pope for a closer look at the US Supreme Court’s hearing of oral argument in Sackett v. EPA , the outcome of...
Bankruptcy and Environmental Law
In this episode of the Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope is joined by Washington, DC partner Jason Hutt and their new colleague Steven Cook , who was most recently with EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management. They discuss...
Here We Go Again: EPA's Proposed Changes to the RMP Program
On August 31, 2022, EPA published a proposed rule that would make a number of key changes to the federal Risk Management Plan (RMP) program. The proposed changes would impact the scope of the Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), third-party compliance...
Monitor/Sidebar Crossover Part 2: I Am the One Who Knocks
In the second of a two-part series on government investigations and inspections, Bracewell partners Kevin Collins and Seth DuCharme join Environmental Law Monitor host Daniel Pope for a discussion of what to do when the government is actually knocking on...
Monitor/Sidebar Crossover Part 1: I Am The One Who Knocks
In the first of a two-part series on government investigations and inspections, Bracewell partners Kevin Collins and Seth Du Charme join Environmental Law Monitor host Daniel Pope for a discussion of best practices for preparing for government inspections at facilities...