Environmental & Land Use

Publications & Podcasts

March 11, 2022 Podcast

Amplify Your Process Safety Podcast with Mathew Todaro

February 26, 2021 Podcast

Environmental Compliance Audits

February 18, 2020 Published Works

The Risks and Regulations Associated with Waterfront Development in Maine

Firm Highlights

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Better Communication Among Regulators and the Regulated Can Improve Outcomes for Wastewater Permittees

As our understanding of the environment and anthropogenic impact grows, protection efforts increasingly spawn regulation. Media coverage of perceived harms to health and the environment and well-funded advocacy by conservation organizations usually eclipse the...

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Massachusetts’ Mandated Multi-Family Zoning Moves Forward, But Some Towns Resist

Town Meetings across Massachusetts are voting on zoning bylaws that would encourage multi-family housing. According to Section 3A of the Zoning Act, passed in 2021, 177 cities and towns near MBTA transit must ensure...

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Massachusetts Provides Extra Protection to Environmental Justice Communities from Air Pollution

In a groundbreaking move, effective July 1, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will tighten the permitting requirement for certain existing and new sources of air pollution located near an environmental justice population...

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Understanding 91’s Amnesty Program

Chapter 91 of the Massachusetts General Laws, otherwise known as the Public Waterfront Act, is the primary law protecting the public’s rights to use and access the coastal tidelands of the Commonwealth. First adopted...

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Verrill Welcomes Five Skilled Environmental Attorneys, Strengthens Capabilities in Boston

BOSTON, Massachusetts – Verrill is pleased to welcome five environmental lawyers to the firm’s Boston office. Attorneys Peter F. Durning, John F. Shea, Thomas A. Mackie, Gail Magenau Hire, and Peter M. Vetere led...

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EPA Issues Final National Drinking Water Standard for Six PFAS Compounds

On April 10, 2024, after receiving nearly 122,000 comments on the proposed rule, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced its final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (“NPDWR”) for six perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl...

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The Plastics Problem In Massachusetts Part II: Plastic Bags

In my October 2023 blog post about “ The Plastics Problem in Massachusetts ,” I noted that environmental and some mainstream groups have been attacking traditional recycling of plastics in an effort to stop...

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Verrill Welcomes Cannabis Attorney Jill G. Cohen to the Firm

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Loper Bright and Massachusetts Environmental Law: Navigating the Boundaries of Federal and State Authority

While the SCOTUS’s Loper Bright Enterprises et al. (Loper) decision reversing Chevron was a win for those seeking to rein in the administrative state at the federal level, it does not sound the death...

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Navigating Maine's Renewable Energy Rate Revisions: Key Insights on PUC Docket No. 2024-00137 and 2024-00149

The Maine PUC has recently opened two related dockets that will significantly impact the renewable energy industry. The first, Docket No. 2024-00137, is a follow-on docket to the PUC’s Investigation into the Stranded Cost...

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