The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Albermarle Corporation-South Plant (“Albermarle”) entered into a March 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Maryland Legislature passed House Bill 649 (“HB 649”) addressing Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permits....more
Black Warrior Riverkeeper sent on March 22, 2022, a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) pursuant to the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Water Act to Kamtek Inc. (“Kamtek”) for alleged violations.
Kamtek is stated...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and SamSand, LLC , (“SamSand”) entered into a March 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a...more
A number of water quality organizations in coordination with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) developed a March 2022 report titled:
Navigating the NPDES Permitting Process for Water Reuse...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and the City of Booneville, Arkansas, ("Booneville") entered into a March 8th Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Faulkner County Public Facility Board (“Board”) – d/b/a Preston Community Wastewater Utility entered into a February 17th Consent...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Coosa Riverkeeper, Inc., (“CRI”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court (Northern District of Alabama) against Newcastle Homes, Inc. (“Newcastle”) alleging...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Hadden’s Place Utility Operating Company, LLC (“Hadden’s”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Hot Springs entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Memphis District) (“Corps”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Kensett, Arkansas, (“Kensett”) entered into a January 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
One hundred and seventeen Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives sent a February 7th letter to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Assistant Secretary...more
The 50 Republican United States Senators sent a February 3rd letter to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (“Corps of Engineers”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Poyen, Arkansas, (“Poyen”) entered into a January 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Maryland Attorney General filed a February 2nd Complaint for Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) against Valley Proteins, Inc. (“VPI”) for alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The Center for Biological Diversity, Coosa Riverkeeper, Advance Etowah, and Our Children’s Earth Foundation (collectively “CBD”) filed a February 1st Clean Water Act citizen suit (“Complaint”) against the Water Works and...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 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
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 United States Supreme Court (“SCT”) issued an order on January 24th granting a petition for a writ of certiorari to address the following question:
Whether the Ninth Circuit set forth the proper test for determining...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Piggott, Arkansas, (“Piggott”) entered into a January 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 11th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Pilot Travel Centers LLC (“Pilot”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Water...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Rector, Arkansas, (“Rector”) entered into an October 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and C & K Property Investments LLC (“C & K”) entered into a December 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more