The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tokai Carbon GE LLE (“Tokai”) entered into an August 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Al’s Truck Stop of Malvern, Inc. (“Al’s”) entered into an April 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) filed the following before the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”):
Petition to Withdraw North Carolina’s National Pollutant Discharge...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) entered into a February 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) with the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Mr. Mulch, LLC (“Mr. Mulch”) entered into a July 11th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Stormwater...more
Various municipalities and public wastewater and stormwater utilities have filed a joint Amici Curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court Case styled:
City and County of San Francisco v EPA...more
8/20/2024
/ Clean Water Act ,
Contamination ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
NPDES ,
Nuisance ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Public Utility ,
SCOTUS ,
Storm Water ,
Wastewater ,
Water Pollution ,
Water Quality
The Coosa River Basin Initiative (“Initiative”) and City of Calhoun, Georgia (“Calhoun”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Civil Action No....more
8/15/2024
/ Biosolids ,
Citizen Suits ,
Clean Water Act ,
Consent Decrees ,
Enforcement ,
NPDES ,
PFAS ,
Pollution Control ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater ,
Water Pollution
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Faulkner County POID (“FC”) entered into a May 15 Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing violations of a Clean Water...more
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) has adopted the following:
Petition to Initiate Rulemaking to Approve Amendments to Regulation 6: Regulations for State Administration of the National...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a July 2024 document titled:
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Whole Effluent Toxicity Permit Writer’s Manual (“Manual”)....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Twin Rivers Foods, Inc. (“Twin Rivers”) entered into a July 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
7/30/2024
/ Administrative Consent Order (ACO) ,
Air Pollution ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Water Act ,
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Violations ,
NPDES ,
Pollution Control ,
Storm Water
Environment California (“EC”) filed a July 23rd United States District Court (Central District of California) Clean Water Act citizen suit action against the Port of Los Angeles (“Port”) for alleged violations. See case No....more
Part III Section D, Condition 10 of the RGI NPDES permit requires the submission of a complete permit renewal application at least 180 days prior to the expiration date of the permit if the activity regulated by the permit is...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Malvern, Arkansas, (“Malvern”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressed alleged violations...more
Five environmental organizations entered into a Joint Notice of Settlement (“Settlement”) with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”) in the United States District Court for the District of Florida. See...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of McRae, Arkansas entered into a June 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
7/11/2024
/ Administrative Consent Order (ACO) ,
Arkansas ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Water Act ,
Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement ,
NPDES ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of De Queen, Arkansas entered into a June 17th Consent Administrative Order addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and DFA Dairy Brands Ice Cream, LLC d/b/a Mayfield Ice Cream of Birmingham (“Mayfield”) entered into a May 21st Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Landers BCO, LLC (“Landers”) entered into a May 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Drexel Chemical Company (“Drexel”) entered into a May 16th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and K&M Excavating, LLC (“K&M”) entered into a May 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and City of Magnolia, Arkansas entered into a March 1st consent administrative order (“CAO”) addressing alleged Clean Water Act National...more
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 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
/ Administrative Consent Order (ACO) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Water Act ,
Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) ,
Corrective Actions ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Violations ,
NPDES ,
Wastewater
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