New Interior Department rule expands an old one by thousands of miles

Published: Feb. 1, 2024, 1:06 p.m.

For many years, the Interior Department has used a simple procedure to do assessments of environmental damage. It concerns hazardous materials released to the Great Lakes and a few other coastal locations. Now Interior proposes to greatly expand the size of the cases covered by the simple procedure, and to apply it everywhere. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Attorney Brian Ferrasci- O'Malley of the Nossaman law firm.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices