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Holding Polluters Accountable in Times of Climate and COVID Risk: The Problems With “Emergency” Enforcement Waivers
Author
Victor B. Flatt
Author Bios (long)

Victor B. Flatt is Dwight Olds Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, where he also serves as the Faculty Co-Director of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Center.

Date
August 2022
Volume
52
Issue
8
Page
10660
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

This abstract is adapted from Victor B. Flatt, Holding Polluters Accountable in Times of Climate and COVID Risk: The Problems With “Emergency” Enforcement Waivers, 12 San Diego J. Climate & Energy L. 1 (2021), and used with permission.

Mississippi: Liability
October 2019
Volume
49
Issue
12
Update Volume
49
Update Issue
29

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality proposed to adopt 11-9 Miss. Code R. §§1.1 to 1.5. The rule establishes that those persons who cause pollution or own facilities that cause pollution are liable for the cost of remedial or cleanup action resulting from such pollution. A hearing will be held December 12, 2019. See https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACProposed/00024452b.pdf.

 

H.R. 2570
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Rouda
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
7
Volume
49
Update Issue
13
Update Volume
49
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
165 Cong. Rec. H3499

would ensure that polluters pay ongoing water treatment costs associated with contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

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