- Posts by Ryan Benson
Of CounselRyan Benson focuses on environmental and real estate and land use law. He assists clients on a wide range of related issues, including permitting (e.g., freshwater wetlands, flood hazard area and waterfront development), sewer ...
A judgment issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 22, 2017 could have significant ramifications for the U.S. solar industry. In a unanimous decision, the Commission found that solar cell imports are causing serious injury to the domestic solar cell market. The ...
On May 2, 2017, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) a proposed rule that would repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule, also known as the Waters of the United States Rule (“WOTUS Rule”). The WOTUS Rule ...
On February 17, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument on whether the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), which regulates solid waste, also regulates chemical seepage from chemically treated wooden utility poles. The Ecological Rights ...
On October 24, 2016 the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released a Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) report on the national consistency of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in managing two tiers of Superfund sediment sites (i.e., water ...