Section Newsletters

Articles From Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr.

From the Chair By Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr. Environmental and Natural Resources Law, January 2010 The section council is the voice of the ISBA’s Environmental Law Section and is committed to serving the needs of its members. 
Management of urban soils as “Clean construction and demolition debris” By Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr. Environmental and Natural Resources Law, February 2009 For several years those engaged in redevelopment of urban sites in Illinois have advocated the classification of soils containing contaminants (particularly lead and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, or PNAs) within area background concentrations as “Clean Construction and Demotion Debris,” or “CCDD.”
All Appropriate Inquiry at eight months: The more things change, the more they stay the same By Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr. Environmental and Natural Resources Law, March 2008 The impact of the federal “All Appropriate Inquiry” regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 312) on the environmental assessment industry was the subject of much discussion among environmental professionals following the publication of the final AAI rules in the Federal Register on November 1, 2005.
United States Supreme Court to resolve split in circuits over implied right of contribution under Section 107(a) of CERCLA By Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr. Environmental and Natural Resources Law, April 2007 Until the Supreme Court rules in the Atlantic Research case, the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc. establishes the law for CERCLA litigants in Illinois. 
U.S. EPA argues no implied right of contribution for PRPs under Section 107(a) of CERCLA By Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr. Environmental and Natural Resources Law, September 2006 In the October, 2005 issue of the newsletter, we reported on the case of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago v. Lake River Corp., 365 F. Supp. 2d 913 (N.D. Ill. 2005).
Recent cases of note for Illinois environmental law practitioners By Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr. Environmental and Natural Resources Law, October 2005 Several cases have been decided in Illinois and federal courts over the past six months that are significant to environmental law practitioners.

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