The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Alabama Power Company (“APC”) entered into a January 3rd Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a Major Source Operating Permit (“Permit”)....more
The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (“CASAC”) sent a February 4th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing the following subject: CASAC Review of the EPA’s Policy Assessment for...more
The Arkansas Court of Appeals (“ACA”) addressed in a February 2nd Opinion an issue arising out of a municipality’s use of statutory condemnation authorities to construct a treated-water transmission line....more
Twenty-two agricultural organizations submitted February 7th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) addressing the federal agencies’ joint proposed rule to...more
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a February 2nd news release stating it issued citations to Sinclair & Rush Inc. (“S&R”). The citations were issued to an S&R Bergen County, New Jersey,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and PPG Industries, Inc. (“PPG”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an...more
The United States Attorneys Office (Western District of Washington) issued a January 27th news release stating that John Sanft pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Seattle to: Mr. Sanft is described as a former plant...more
The Sierra Club submitted a February 7th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to File Suit Under the Clean Air Act for Failure to Make Statutory Completeness...more
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) released a September 2021 report on what it describes as a:
...multi-year study on streambank erosion in the Illinois River Watershed...
The report is titled: ...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent a February 2nd Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging a failure to: . . . complete a mandatory review of the...more
The United States Department of Interior (“DOI”) announced that $1.15 billion is available to the states from the recently enacted Infrastructure Law for remediating orphaned oil and gas wells.
The DOI announcement...more
Governor John Bel Edwards announced in a January 31st news release that the Louisiana Climate Initiatives Task Force (“Task Force”) had unanimously approved the state’s first Climate Action Plan (“Plan”).
The Task Force...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and A1 Asbestos LLC (“A1”) entered into a January 5th Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of:
. . . the Washington...more
The Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians, Center for Biological Diversity, and High Country Conservation Advocates (collectively “Sierra Club”) and Mountain Coal Company and Arch Resources, Inc. (collectively “Mountain Coal”)...more
United States Senators Boozman (R-Arkansas), Capito (R-West Virginia), and Carper (D-Delaware) announced the development of legislation titled:
Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (“Act”) -
Senators Boozman...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Energy Marketers of America (“EMA”) submitted January 28th comments to the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (“FHWA”) addressing:
. . . the development of guidance for...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Danville (“Danville”) entered into a December 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
A United States District Court (N.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in a December 16th opinion issues arising out of a railroad’s lawsuit to recover remediation costs pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and American Distillation, Inc. (“ADI”) entered into a January 12th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the North Carolina hazardous waste...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Sulphur Rock, Arkansas (“Sulphur Rock”), entered into a December 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The Court of Appeals of Oregon (“Court”) addressed in a January 26th opinion an issue involving the “auto dismantler exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling,...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has published Notice 2021-66 titled:
Superfund: Initial List of Taxable Substances; Registration; Procedural Rules; Request for Comments; Suspension of Notice 89-61 (“Notice 2021-66”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a January 24th Federal Register notice for its 2022 Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) general permit for stormwater...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a January 24th news release referencing two electrical vehicle charging stations funding programs.
The programs will be...more