Congress designated the Old Spanish Trail in 2002. The U.S. Department of Interior was then supposed to submit a plan for the trail’s use and management – but never did. That’s why the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is leading a lawsuit against the federal ...

In a separate lawsuit filed against the EPA in June by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility on behalf of the farmers, the group claimed the agency failed to implement restrictions on PFAS in biosolids despite knowing the health risks posed by the chemicals. Johnson County ...

In late 2021, advocacy groups met with the EPA to press for these standards. They were rebuffed. The “institutional controls” — covering the radioactive waste dump with concrete and soil — were adequate, the agency responded. “As things stand now, the plan at Hunters Point is to ...

Though OPM proposed regulations to implement all of the law’s provisions in 2017, only the provisions governing weather and safety leave actually made it across the finish line. But earlier this year, the environmental advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed a federal lawsuit this week arguing that the Department of Interior has failed to develop a comprehensive management plan to preserve and protect the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. According to PEER, without such a plan, the ...