Environment and Energy

On December 26, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding revisions to its criteria for municipal solid waste landfills to address advances in liquids management. First, EPA…

On February 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the process rule that applies to the establishment of new or revised energy…

On January 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE) issued an extension of the comment period for a notice of petition for rulemaking to withdraw energy efficiency standards for…

On October 11, 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a proposed rule to establish registration, record-keeping, and reporting requirements for domestic producers of shrimp and abalone.…

September 24, 2018 The Office of Advocacy submits the following comments in response to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Services’ three…

TO: Interested Persons FROM: Kevin Bromberg, Assistant Chief Counsel  David Rostker, Assistant Chief Counsel  Tabby Waqar, Assistant Chief Counsel SUBJECT: Next SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting, September 7, 2018 The next…

August 13, 2018 On July 12, 2018 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking titled: Definition of “Waters of the United States”-Recodification…