The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Town of Gloster, Mississippi entered into a July 8th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) published a public notice on December 9th stating that the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) initiated...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Sanford Stone, LLC (“Sanford”) entered into a November 8th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more
The Environmental Law institute (“ELI”) has issued a report titled Approaches to Mitigating the Effects of Staff Turnover on the CWA 303(d) program.
Examples from Practice (“Report”) -
The Report was stated to have...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Almyra, Arkansas entered into a November 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Elgiloy Specialty Metals (“ESM”) entered into a November 18th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act....more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Phillips 66 Company with violating the Clean Water Act.
The matter is being handled by the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a November 2024 report titled:
Climate Change Considerations When Prioritizing, Developing and Implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads (“Report”)....more
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a July 11th Notice of Penalty Assessment and Order (“Order”) to I.S.S.C. Incorporated, dba Oregon Metal Services (“OMS”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Lake Village, Arkansas entered into an October 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
Los Angeles Waterkeeper (“Waterkeeper”) filed a November 18th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Compliant”) against Union Pacific Railroad Company (“Union Pacific”) in the United States...more
Twelve environmental organizations submitted an October 31st Petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) seeking Clean Water Act effluent limit guidelines (“ELGs”) for petcoke calcining facilities....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Waste Recycling (“WR”) entered into an August 29th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stormwater...more
The Mississippi Committee on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Wis-Pak of Hattiesburg, LLC (“Wis-Pak”) entered into an October 5th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit....more
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“Court”) issued a November 12th Opinion addressing an issue arising out of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). See Marin Audubon Society, et...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hartford Wood River Terminal, LLC (“Hartford Wood”) entered into an October 25th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of The...more
The Arkansas and 24 other State Attorney Generals (collectively, “Amici Curiae”) filed on October 28th an Amicus Brief supporting a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court to address a Clean Water...more
11/8/2024
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The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) has sent three separate Notices of Intent to Sue (“NOIs”) to three Louisiana Petcoke processing plants alleging violations of the Clean Water Act...more
The Sims facilities are stated to buy, process, and sell ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal, appliances, junk cars, trailers, and electronics. Such items are stated to be stored outdoors in uncovered piles or bales at the...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (“Court”) addressed in an August 15th Opinion a Clean Water Act jurisdictional question. See United States v. Chameleon, LLC, No. 3:23-CV-763–HEH, 2024 WL...more
10/28/2024
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hecla Limited (“HL”) entered into a Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Strong, Arkansas entered into a July 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The United Stated Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) transmitted a September 9th letter to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (“Vermont”) addressing a Joint Petition from:
Conservation Law Foundation....more
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a July 2024 report titled: Clean Water:
Revolving Fund Grant Formula Could Better Reflect Infrastructure Needs, and EPA Could Improve Needs Estimate...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) entered into a September 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
10/14/2024
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