The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla, Inc. (“Giant”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the hazardous waste regulations. See Consent...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) and Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC (“Denka”) entered into a December 28th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more
The Airlines for America (“A4A”) submitted comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing its proposal to designate two of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as Comprehensive...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and American Transportation Solutions, LLC (“ATS”) entered into a December 14th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Alabama Hazardous Waste...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 6) (“EPA”) and Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, (“Lowe’s”) entered into a November 17th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the...more
The Untied States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Deltech Monomers Op Co, LLC (“Deltech”) entered into a November 10th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) published fact sheets for three what it describes as:
Emerging Wastes from Renewable Energy Sources...more
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Director Carolyn Hoskinson transmitted a September 9th letter providing an interpretation of the Resource Conservation and...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) funded a document that was recently issued titled:
A 10-Step Blueprint for Managing Pharmaceutical Waste in US Healthcare Facilities (2022 Edition) (“Blueprint”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 7th news release stating that it entered into a Settlement (“Settlement”)with January Environmental Services, Inc., (“JES”) January Transport, Inc.,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and United Parcel Service (“UPS”) entered into an October 17th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”). See EPA Docket No. RCRA-06-2022-0942.
The CAFO is...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed an October 17th Complaint and Request for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and AGROdeviate, LLC, (“AGROdeviate”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The California Court of Appeal (First District – Division 3) (“Court of Appeal”) in a September 30th Opinion addressed The Oakland Athletics’ (The Athletics Investment Group, LLC) (“Athletics”) argument that the California...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a position paper titled:
Post-Closure Care Beyond 30 Years at RCRA Subtitle C Facilities (“Position Paper”)
The Position...more
The California Attorney General (“AG”) and five District Attorneys entered into a settlement with Safeway, Inc. (“Safeway”) addressing alleged violations of the state underground storage tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Solaris Pharma Corporation (“SPC”) entered into an August 1st Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Resource Conservation...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Ruskin Company, Inc. (“RCI”) entered into an August 24th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Hazardous Waste Regulations. See...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and XG Sciences, Inc. (“XG”) entered into an August 1st Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Michigan Hazardous Waste...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and the University of Tennessee (“UT”) entered into an August 18th Consent Order and Assessment (“COA”) to address alleged violations of the Tennessee...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a guidance/reminder document addressing a section of Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) Rule No....more
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
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The United States Department of Transportation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a July 28th interpretation response a question involving application of the Hazardous Materials...more
A United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrative Law Judge Christine Donelian Coughlin (“ALJ”) interpreted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) term “manufacturing process unit” (“MPU”) in...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) with PCS Nitrogen...more