A May 2024 report has been issued titled: New Guide for Using Clean Water Act Discharge Permits to Protect Drinking Water Sources (“Guide”).
The Guide was issued by the Source Water Collaborative (“SWC”)....more
The environmental organization Earthjustice has developed charts that provide the organization’s views on the impact of the United States Supreme Court decision Sackett v. EPA on the scope of the Clean Water Act term waters...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Greenbrier (“Greenbrier”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
5/16/2024
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The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) sent a May 2nd Clean Water Act Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to sue to the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for alleged violation of a nondiscretionary duty under that statute....more
5/13/2024
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The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and M&S Properties, LLC (“M&S”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) and United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on April 25th document titled:
Coordination Process Update: Joint Coordination Memoranda to the Field...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Hinds County, Mississippi, entered into a January 29th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 49-17-29(2)(b). See Order No....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tripp Property Clearing (“TPC”) entered into a January 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
Two individuals filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”) challenging an Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Class II-D...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) sent an April 10th letter to Patriot Beverages, LLC and CPF, Inc. (collectively, “Pepsi Beverages”) styled: Notice of Violations and Intent to File Suit Under the Clean Water Act...more
Denver Trout Unlimited, GreenLatinos, and the Colorado Sierra Club (collectively “Trout Unlimited”) filed an April 5th Request for an Adjudicatory Hearing (“Request”) before the Colorado Department of Public Health and...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and City of Gravette, Arkansas, entered into a February 21st Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing an alleged violation of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report titled:
Half the States Did Not Include Climate Adaption or Related Resilience Efforts in their Clean Water...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Jones Digital, LLC (“Jones”) entered into an April 5th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) for addressing alleged operating...more
4/12/2024
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 3rd news release recognizing Clean Water Act state revolving fund assistance recipients for exceptional projects. The Flippin, Arkansas Wastewater...more
The United States House of Representatives voted on a partisan-basis to pass H.R. 7023 which is titled:
Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act....more
The Office of Assistant Secretary Civil Works of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) issued a March 22nd Memorandum titled:
Civil Works Actions to Sustain and Advance the Nation’s Waters and Wetlands After the...more
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) (“Corps”) issued a March 6th Public Notice stating that it is proposing to reissue Department of the Army General Permit 32 (“GP32”)....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a February 26th notification of an audit titled: Audit of the EPA Award of Drinking Water and Clean Water Earmark Grants...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a January 30th Order denying a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for Commonwealth LNG, LLC,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and Crowleys Ridge College ("Crowleys Ridge") entered into a February 20th Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing an...more
3/13/2024
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The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Scoular Company (“SC”) entered into a February 27th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a...more
The City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, (“Holyoke”) filed a document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) titled:
Petition for Review of City of Holyoke Water...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and TD Granite & Marble (“TD”) entered into a February 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
3/6/2024
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Legislation (“SB 125”) was introduced into the Maryland General Assembly (2024 Session) that would require the seller of any residential property located within 0.5 miles of a National Priority List (“NPL”) Superfund...more