The Southern Environmental Law Center filed on behalf of Harpeth Conservancy (“Petitioner”) a March 9th Petition for Appeal of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) (“Petition”) Commissioner...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and White Oaks Storage LLC (“White Oaks”) entered into a March 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Swifton, Arkansas, (“Swifton”) entered into a January 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The United States District Court of Massachusetts (“Court”) addressed in a February 17th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See Conservation Law Foundation,...more
3/7/2023
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Motion to Dismiss ,
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and City of Dixon, Missouri, entered into a January 23rd Complaint and Consent Agreement/Final Order (“CA”). See Docket No. CWA-07-2022-0117.
The CA provides that...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Hardy, Arkansas (“Hardy”) entered into a February 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
2/27/2023
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Arkansas ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Water Act ,
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Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Violations ,
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Permits ,
Pollution Control ,
Wastewater
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and City of Booneville, Mississippi, (“Booneville”) entered into a February 7th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Woodlawn School District #6 (“Woodlawn”) entered into a December 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Water published a draft document titled: Frequently Asked Questions:
Implementing the 2021 Recommended Clean Water Act Section 304(a) Ambient Water...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a pre-Federal Register Notice referencing the availability of preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (“Plan 15”).
Section 304(m) of the Clean...more
A coalition of organizations representing various agricultural, construction, natural resources, and other interests filed a January 18th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Bearden, Arkansas (“Bearden”) entered into a November 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas District Council of the Assemblies of God (“District Council”) entered into a November 21st Consent Administrative Order...more
The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“SCT”) addressed in a December 8th Opinion a judicial challenge to a revision of the Washington Department of Ecology’s (“WDE”) Water Quality Program Permit Writer’s Manual...more
12/13/2022
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Declaratory Judgments ,
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Pollution Control ,
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WA Supreme Court ,
Washington ,
Water Quality
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 5th memorandum titled:
Addressing PFAS Discharges in NPDES Permits and Through the Pretreatment Program and Monitoring Programs (“Memorandum”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) announced in separate documents that there has been a major improvement in compliance with Clean Water Act...more
Representatives Lanny Fite and Richard McGrew have pre-filed House Bill 1015 which would amend Arkansas Code § 8-4-203(b)(1)(C).
This statutory provision provides certain exemptions from the Clean Water Act National...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and the City of Hazlehurst, Mississippi (“Hazlehurst”), entered into a September 21st Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the State Parks Division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism (“Parks Division”) entered into a November...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas Gravel Co., Inc. (“AGCI”) entered into a November 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a November 28th news release stating that Joshua M. Franklin has pleaded guilty to a negligent violation of the Clean Water Act.
The charge is stated to stem from an...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Parkin, Arkansas, entered into an October 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and State of Illinois entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) with Prairie State Solar, LLC (“Prairie State”) to address alleged violation of the Clean Water Act...more
A United States District Court (W.D. Washington) (“Court”) addressed in an October 31st Order a Clean Water Act citizen suit action seeking an injunction to remedy alleged illegal discharge of pollutants into a lake and its...more
11/9/2022
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NPDES ,
SCOTUS ,
Storm Water ,
Summary Judgment
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism (“Department”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order...more