News & Insights

NJDEP Proposes Changes to Hazardous Substance Discharge Reporting Rules

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has proposed a transformative rule change to hazardous substance discharge reporting
requirements. The suggested amendments are intended to codify and implement the provisions enacted in the 2019 Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA 2.0),
as well as supplement various parts of New Jersey statutory law concerning the remediation of contaminated sites. ...read more

Impact of the ‘Loper Bright’ Decision on New Jersey State Deference

Attorneys Marc Rollo, Charlie Dennen and Thomas Tyrrell discuss in the New Jersey Law Journal article,” Impact of the ‘Loper Bright’ Decision on New Jersey
State Deference” how the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo severely limits the ability of federal administrative agencies in
the development, implementation and enforcement of their regulatory authorities. By eliminating the decades-old Chevron deference standard,  ...read more ...read more

New Interior Department Rule Proposes Increase in Cost to Acquire and Maintain Federal Oil and Gas Leases

Archer attorneys Charles Dennen and Thomas Tyrrell co-authored The Legal Intelligencer article, “New Interior Department Rule Proposes Increase in Cost to
Acquire and Maintain Federal Oil and Gas Leases,” writing about a new bill that will aim to modernize federal oil and gas leasing regulations. These
regulations have not been significantly modified since 1988, and this new rule comes amid increased scrutiny over whether existing regulations  ...read more ...read more

SCOTUS Stays Enforcement of EPA’s “Good Neighbor Plan”

On June 27, 2024, the United States Supreme Court curbed the regulatory power of the administrative state, temporarily halting the Environmental
Protection Agency’s “Good Neighbor Plan,” intended to limit air pollution traveling across state lines. This decision comes after Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia,
and a handful of power and manufacturing industry groups challenged the plan under the Administrative Procedure Act and Clean Air Act. As a r ...read more ...read more

SCOTUS Overrules Decades-Old Chevron Deference