EPA is in the process of rolling out Next Generation Compliance, or NextGen, in an effort to make its programs more effective, facilitate compliance, and, ultimately, enhance environmental benefit. But in many ways, NextGen seems poised to expand enforcement against the regulated community.
NextGen consists of five interconnected components:
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Thank you to my colleague Bob Melvin for his contributions to the post below. Bob is a partner in the Environmental & Utilities Practice Group whose practice focuses on representing manufacturers with enforcement, compliance, and permitting issues.
Under EPA’s Audit Policy and Small Business Compliance Policy, companies that discover, promptly disclose, and expeditiously correct…
The decision to purchase the assets of a manufacturer raises a host of legal issues, including labor/employment, environmental, and product liability. We thought we would do a group post to describe the first things that come to mind for each of us when one of our clients considers such a deal.
Nicole: As a…
Did you know…. your compliance history (and other information about your company or your site) is readily available on USEPA and OSHA’s websites, as well as many state environmental agency websites.
Envirofacts, at EPA, has the most information. Someone can search the “Multisystem” database, or by various topic searches: air, waste, facility,…
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