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Can DEQ Waive Its Deadline for VPDES Permit Renewal?
Posted on 19 Sep 2013 by Williams Mullen

BY: LYNNE C. RHODE, JOHN W. DANIEL II & CHANNING J. MARTIN Regulations of the State Water Control Board require that a party must file a renewal application for a water discharge permit at least 180 days before the permit expires. What happens... Read More

Appellate Division Endorses "Waiver Rule:" DEP Allowed To Waive Regulations In Limited Circumstances
Posted on 26 Mar 2013 by Peter J. Gallagher

On March 21, 2013, the Appellate Division rejected a challenge to the so-called Waiver Rule ( N.J.A.C. 7:1B-1.1, et seq .) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], which allows the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP"... Read More

New Jersey Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Challenge To Waiver Rule
Posted on 31 Oct 2013 by Peter J. Gallagher

by: Peter J. Gallagher The New Jersey Supreme Court has denied a request by a group of challengers to the so-called Waiver Rule ( N .J.A.C. 7:1B-1.1, et seq .) -- which allows the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (”DEP”... Read More

D.C. Circuit upholds California's GHG law against challenge, finding that the U.S. Chamber and NADA both lacked standing
Posted on 9 May 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have followed the development of California's greenhouse gas law. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenged EPA's 2009 waiver which allowed California to regulate GHG emissions. In Chamber of Commerce of the United States et al v... Read More