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 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
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 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 Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Caddo Properties, LLC (“Caddo”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted March 23rd Comments to a Proposed EPA Rule styled:
Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standard for the -
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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 Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Consolidated Catfish Companies, LLC (“CCC”) entered into a December 18th Agreed Order addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant...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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The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas and Missouri Railroad Company (“AMRC”) entered into a February 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Banks, Arkansas, (“Banks”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a July 13th proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Kopper Glo Mining, LLC (“Kopper”). See Case No. MGR22-0118.
The Order provides that...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Runyan Sewer Improvement District No. 221 (“Runyan”) entered into a January 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has public noticed draft guidance (“ Draft Guidance”) to:
. . . to clarify and inform future National Pollutant Discharge Elimination (“NPDES”) permitting actions...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Dumas, Arkansas, entered into a January 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
2/13/2024
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The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lincoln County Detention Center (“Center”) entered into a January 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Berg Brothers Recycling, Inc. (“Berg Brothers”) entered into a January 31st Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act stormwater...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and East End Holdings, LLC (“East End”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and the City of Gosnell, Arkansas (“Gosnell”) entered into an October 16th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address an alleged...more