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The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination. The CWA seeks to accomplish its stated goals by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, assisting wastewater treatment facilities and maintaining wetlands. less -

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 7.21.23

Allen Matkins on 7/24/2023

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is accepting public comment through July 28 on new recommendations to expedite permits for seawater desalination plants in the state....more

Environmental Criminal Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Adair County, Kentucky, Oil Lease Tank Battery Operator Indicted for Alleged...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/15/2022

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a February 9th news release stating that a federal grand jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky, issued an indictment charging Joshua M. Franklin with violating the Clean Water...more

DuPont Reaches $3.35 Million Settlement over Allegations of Environmental Violations at Its Texas Chemical Plant

Cozen O'Connor on 10/22/2021

Texas AG Ken Paxton and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with chemical companies E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and Performance Materials NA, Inc. (collectively “DuPont”) to resolve numerous allegations of...more

In Review: SCOTUS Environmental and Administrative Decisions in the 2020 Term

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 7/15/2021

Several decisions of interest were issued in the 2020 term, which stretched from October 2020 until early July 2021. This review will concentrate on environmental and administrative law cases....more

Can a Responsible Agency Get A Second Bite At The CEQA Apple? First District Says “Sometimes, Yes,” Upholds Regional Water Board’s...

Miller Starr Regalia on 1/7/2021

In a published opinion filed December 29, 2020, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment denying a petition for writ of mandate filed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) challenging waste...more

Wetland Mitigation Credits/Government Contract: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Contractor Request for Equitable Adjustment

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/2/2020

The United States Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit) (“Appellate Court”) addressed in an August 26th Opinion a dispute regarding certain costs associated with a Federal Highway Administration (“FHA”) road design and...more

Oil Spill/SPCC Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Beltsville, Maryland Vegetable Oil Recycler Enter into...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/23/2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Storm Oil, LLC (“Storm”) entered into a December 30th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 311 of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No....more

Solid Waste/Wastewater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Construction and...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/1/2019

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Advanced Disposal Services Eagle Bluff Landfill, Inc., (“ADS”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged Clean Water Act and solid waste violations....more

Criminal Enforcement: U.S. Department of Justice Announces Sentencing for Elizabeth, New Jersey, Biodiesel Fuel Company for...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/19/2019

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a February 8th news release stating that Fuel Bio One, LLC (“FBO”) had been sentenced for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. The Elizabeth, New Jersey,...more

[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/22/2018

A recent decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui) created a new standard for permitting under the Clean Water Act — one that captures discharges from point sources through...more

Criminal Enforcement/Clean Water Act: U.S. Department of Justice Announces Guilty Plea by Biodiesel Fuel Company

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/21/2018

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a June 5th news release stating that Fuel Bio One LLC (“FBO”) pleaded guilty to an alleged Clean Water Act violation. FBO allegedly discharged over 45,000 gallons of...more

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training: Environmental Crimes Case Bulletin –...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/20/2017

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more

California Must Pick Up Stormwater Check

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 11/30/2016

Local public agencies realized an important victory in a more-than-decade-long, who-should-foot-the-stormwater-bill battle — a battle focused on a permit issued by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to the...more

Three Strikes and Mingo Logan Is Out: The D.C. Circuit Affirms EPA Withdrawal of Approval of Mountaintop Removal Disposal Sites

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 7/22/2016

In 2013, the D.C. Circuit affirmed EPA’s authority to withdrawal approval of mountaintop mining disposal sites, even after the Army Corps has issued a Section 404 permit. In 2014, the District Court rejected Mingo Logan’s...more

Pierce Atwood Environmental Regulatory Compliance Calendar (RCC)

Pierce Atwood LLP on 5/3/2016

NEW REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS - Federal - Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Stormwater Discharges - All 10 EPA regions are seeking public comment on the draft 2017...more

Pierce Atwood Environmental Regulatory Compliance Calendar (RCC)

Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/19/2016

NEW REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS - Federal - Draft Environmental Assessment, Habitat Conservation Plan, and Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Piping Plover, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife ...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - January 2016 #2

Allen Matkins on 1/18/2016

Environmental and Policy Focus - State lawmaker seeks to close old SoCal Gas wells in Aliso Canyon - Los Angeles Business - Jan 12 State Senator Fran Pavley is calling for Southern California Gas Co. to close older...more

EPA Enforcement Initiative

Williams Mullen on 9/23/2015

EPA is currently pursuing six National Enforcement Initiatives. One of these initiatives is entitled, “Keeping Raw Sewage and Contaminated Stormwater Out of Our Nation’s Waters.” Over the past three years, civil penalties...more

Environmental Notes - June 2015

Williams Mullen on 6/15/2015

In this Issue: - EPA Issues SIP Call to Eliminate SSM Defense - EPA and Corps Define “Waters of The United States” - Frequent Questions: EPCRA 313 - Generators Need to be Vigilant About TCLP Sampling...more

Pierce Atwood Environmental Regulatory Compliance Calendar (RCC)

Pierce Atwood LLP on 9/19/2014

This monthly publication provides information on compliance deadlines, regulatory developments, and other developments in federal, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire environmental and land use laws. NEW REGULATORY...more

The Criminal Side of Fracking: Individuals and Companies Face State and Federal Criminal Charges related to Handling and Disposal...

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 10/31/2013

On Monday, October 28, 2013, the Clean Water Action national environmental organization (“CWA”) filed a federal civil lawsuit against Waste Treatment Corporation for the alleged illegal disposal of hundreds of thousands of...more

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