The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“Court”) overturned a determination by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). See Genuine Parts Co. v. EPA, No. 16-1416, 2018 WL 2271086...more
5/24/2018
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Contaminated Properties ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Evidence ,
Groundwater ,
Hazardous Substances ,
National Priorities List (NPL) ,
Site Remediation ,
Superfund ,
Water Supplies
United States Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works Ranking Minority Member Tom Carper has issued a report titled:
Rule of Law? Not so much. Scott Pruitt’s Losing Litigation Record at EPA (“Report”)
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a May 23rd news release announced that Helena and McCrory, Arkansas had been awarded a grant through the Local Foods, Local Places (“LFLP”).
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The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“Center”) will hold its annual water conference on July 23-24 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The theme of the conference is:
The Value of Water
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The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and the Town of Roxie, Mississippi, entered into a May 11th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge...more
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) published a document in April titled:
The 2018-2023 Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Plan (“Plan”)
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The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) issued a May 11th Order addressing a proposed medical waste process facility. See Order No. 6851 18.
The Order provides that the Three Rivers Regional Solid...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator E. Scott Pruitt announced an extension of the deadline to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (“WIFIA”) loans.
The deadline to...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a May 18th news release that the City of Slidell, Louisiana, (“Slidell”) was recognized for its reuse of a federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Turrell, Arkansas, (“Turrell”) entered into an April 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) maintains a compendium of written responses to certain Clean air Act inquiries from owners or operators of sources.
This compendium is known as an Applicability...more
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policymaking body for Arkansas.
The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis....more
Toxics Action Center, Inc., and Conservation Law Foundation (collectively “CLF”) filed a citizen suit action in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire against Casella Waste Systems, Inc., and North...more
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District)(“Corps”) issued a May 17th public notice regarding a Section 404 Clean Water Act application for a Saline County, Arkansas project.
The Benton, Arkansas Street...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a May 15th Federal Register Notice announced the availability of two documents titled:
Risk and Exposure Assessment for the Review of the Primary National...more
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) submitted May 11th comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“Office”) in regards to the Administration’s review in consideration of imposing...more
A United States District Court (Eastern District-Pennsylvania) (“Court”) addressed a qui tam action filed by Gary Cressman (“Cressman”) under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) in connection with an alleged environmental...more
5/16/2018
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Conditions of Payment ,
Environmental Violations ,
Failure To Disclose ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Implied Certification Theory ,
Federal Contractors ,
Implied Certification ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Service Contracts ,
Solid Waste ,
Waste Disposal ,
Waste Treatment Facilities
The Center for Biological Diversity and a number of other environmental organizations submitted a May 15th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) recently posted revised draft revisions to Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission No. 8 (Administrative Procedures)(“Reg. 8”).
These revisions are a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) announced in a May 10th memorandum a Project Notification titled:
EPA Enforcement of Superfund Orders and Agreements...more
The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (“AAEA”) will have a Spring Social tomorrow on May 16th.
The Spring Social will be held at the Powers of Arkansas facility located at 5440 Northshore Drive in North Little Rock,...more
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced in a news release that her office filed two lawsuits against the owner of two LaSalle County, Illinois, clean construction or debris demolition (“CCDD”) facilities.
The...more
The Office of Enforcement’s Division of Energy Market Oversight (“Division”) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) undertook a presentation to the Chairman and Commissioners titled:
2017 State of the Markets...more
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) has published a document titled:
Strategic Plan FY 2018 – FY 2019 (“Plan”)
ANRC states that the Plan “is a blueprint for ANRC as we continue to work to manage and...more