The United States Department of Justice on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gershow Recycling Corporation (“GRC”) entered into an August 20th Consent Judgment (“CJ”) addressing alleged...more
Last week, Arizona Attorney General (AG) Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against FCA (formerly Fiat Chrysler) and Cummins for alleged violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act by falsely advertising that certain vehicles were...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Consolidated Catfish Companies, LLC (“CCC”) entered into a December 18th Agreed Order addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a March 1st Opinion an issue addressing start up, shut down and malfunction (“SSM”) provisions. See Environmental Committee of the Florida...more
A United States District Court (“Court”) (D. Idaho) addressed in a February 27th Memorandum Decision and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) charging an individual...more
EPA recently promulgated a final rule (the Rule) adjusting civil penalties issued by the agency for inflation. This action was performed pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Leprino Foods Company (“LFC”) entered into a February 2nd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more
The Environmental Action Project on behalf of Food & Water Watch (“F&W”) filed a November 15th Clean Air Act citizen suit action in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, against the Allegheny County...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 12th news release indicating it had entered into a Consent Agreement with Hamm Inc. (“HI”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. ...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Westlake Styrene, LLC (“Westlake”) entered into an October 18th Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See SA-AE-23-0032. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Bottling Group, LLC, operating as Pepsi Beverages Company, and CB Manufacturing Company, Inc., (collectively, “Pepsi”) entered into a September 25th Consent...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed on August 14th a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) against Twin Rivers Technologies, Inc., and Twin Rivers technologies...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the January 12th Federal Register a Request for Public Comment on the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (“NECIs”) it is proposing for fiscal...more
Right on the heels of the eye-popping $408 million settlement between a major commercial sterilizer and plaintiffs claiming injuries resulting from exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO) emitted from the company’s Illinois facility...more
I’ve been engaged in issues involving mobile sources for more than 40 years. For much of that time, most of the environmental bar viewed Title II of the Clean Air Act as something that took up space between Titles I and III...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Tronox, LLC (“Tronox”) entered into a July 19th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Order No. 7203 22....more
In its recent decision in Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE) v. Diesel Power Gear, LLC, et al., a matter involving the hosts of Discovery Channel’s popular show “Diesel Brothers,” the Tenth Circuit Court of...more
When it comes to enforcement initiatives, EPA’s priorities are clear. EPA’s National Enforcement Initiatives are announced on a three-year cycle, and EPA’s annual release of enforcement results is an extensive and in-depth...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the City of New York and New York City Department of Education (“DOE”) entered into a September 27th Consent Judgment (“CJ”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air...more
The United States Department of Justice and the State of Indiana (collectively “DOJ”) entered into a June 3rd Consent Decree (“CD”) with Lone Star Industries, Inc., (“LSI”) addressing alleged Clean Air Act violations. See...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in a March 26th news release stated that Gunay Yakup (“Yakup”) pleaded guilty to involvement in a conspiracy to illegally remove asbestos. The facility involved is stated...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Save-A-Lot Food Stores, Ltd. (“Save-A-Lot”) entered into a November 2nd Expedited Penalty Action and Consent Agreement (“Consent Agreement”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Olin Corp. (“Olin”) entered into a July 24th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(c) of the Clean Air Act. See Docket No....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Columbus Consolidated Government (“Columbus”) entered into an August 18th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the federal asbestos...more
The Sierra Club filed on August 18th in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas a Complaint against Woodville Pellets, LLC (“Woodville”) alleging violations of the Clean Air Act. The Complaint...more