Laws & Regulations

"Bipartisan Agreement in House Would Extend Flood Insurance"

"The two top lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee reached an agreement to extend the National Flood Insurance Program another four months, the 11th short-term extension of this financially troubled program in less than two years."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/10/2019

"Wild Olympics Plan Unveiled -- 126,000 Acres Proposed For Wilderness"

"A sweeping plan, carefully vetted on the Olympic Peninsula, would designate 126,000 acres of mountains and forests on the peninsula as wilderness and protect 19 streams under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act."

Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 05/10/2019

Long-Polluting Western Maryland Paper Mill to Close, Ending Jobs

"Maryland environmental regulators were in talks with a Western Maryland paper mill about how to significantly reduce the facility’s output of a harmful pollutant when its owner shocked state officials last week by announcing plans to shutter the 131-year-old factory."

Source: Baltimore Sun, 05/10/2019

House Panel Threatens Salaries Of Interior Staff Who Block Interviews

"The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday threatened to withhold the salaries of Interior Department officials who have blocked lawmakers from interviewing agency employees about whether Secretary David Bernhardt was complying with recordkeeping laws."

Source: Politico, 05/09/2019

EPA Leaders Ignored Agency’s Experts in Issuing Asbestos Rule: Memos

"Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency disregarded the advice of their own scientists and lawyers in April when the agency issued a rule that restricted but did not ban asbestos, according to two internal memos."

Source: NY Times, 05/09/2019

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Laws & Regulations