California Environmental Law & Policy Update - February 2021
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21
DOJ to let companies pay for environmental projects again to reduce fines - The Hill – February 5 - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has eliminated nine Trump-era directives on environmental law enforcement, including one that ended a party’s ability to reduce statutory fines by paying for environmental projects. In a memo released this Thursday, the DOJ restored the use of Supplemental Environmental Projects in agency settlements, which are popular with both industry and environmentalists......
By: Allen Matkins