Emily C.R. Bittner

For the past 30 years, Virginia has been the world’s leader on data center approvals and development. The Commonwealth is home to more data centers than any other state, spanning over 63 million square feet of facility space over 7,200 acres, according to a 2024 legislative study. This development has occurred on a locality-by-locality basis, governed by the zoning ordinances and land use approvals required by each city and county in Virginia. As of Sept. 18, however, Virginia’s data center developers

We previously outlined the requirements and timeline for compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule and included a summary of the patchwork of state efforts to regulate PFAS. Since then, additional state regulations have taken effect, and legal challenges have been brought. This post highlights the most recent development regarding New Mexico’s PFAS rule. As the landscape of PFAS regulation continues to change, manufacturers, distributers and property owners should stay abreast of how each

Administrator Lee Zeldin released a pre-publication notice April 8 advising that the Environmental Protection Agency is again delaying the start date for reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule. The PFAS Reporting Rule is an all-encompassing new regulation that applies to any entity that has manufactured or imported PFAS for a commercial purpose at any time between 2011-2022. Utilities, manufacturers, wholesale traders and waste management and remediation services are most likely to be affected,