The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) entered into a January 16th Consent Decree (“CD”) with the operators of the Oasis Mobile Home Park (“Park”) for...more
1/29/2025
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The Environmental Protection Information Center and Humboldt Coalition for Clean Energy (collectively, “EPIC”) filed a January 3rd Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection...more
1/29/2025
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PSD ,
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Title V
House Bill 1198 has been introduced which would impose a height restriction on certain wind power devices.
The Bill was introduced by Representative Jeremiah Moore of Clarendon and Senator Jonathan Dismang of Little Rock....more
1/28/2025
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Sustainability ,
Wildlife Protection ,
Wind Power
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Oltmans Development, Inc. (“ODI”) entered into a December 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
1/27/2025
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Storm Water
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in IMMCO Diagnostics (“ID”) entered into an October 3 expedited settlement agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act...more
The United States Geological Survey (“USGS”) released on January 16th a document titled:
The National Water Availability Assessment (“Assessment”)....more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 17th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
1/24/2025
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Senate Bill 84 has been introduced by Senator Blake Johnson of Corning and Representative DeAnn Vaught of Horatio prohibiting moratoriums in watersheds and other bodies of water....more
1/24/2025
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Arkansas ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
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Water ,
Water Quality ,
Watershed
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a report titled:
An Assessment of the U.S. Recycling System: Financial Estimates to Modernize Material Recovery Infrastructure (“Report”)....more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued an October 2024 document titled:
LITHIUM BATTERY GUIDE FOR SHIPPERS: A Compliance Tool for All Modes of Transportation (“Guide”)....more
The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) transmitted a December 18, 2024, letter to Lee Zeldin.
Mr. Zeldin is President Trump’s nominee for Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection...more
The Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. filed a citizen suit Complaint in the United States District Court of Massachusetts on November 12th alleging violations by the following: Besides the Conservation Law Foundation, the...more
1/22/2025
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RCRA ,
Toxic Chemicals
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Natureplex entered into a May 3rd Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit. See Order No. 7323 24.
The AO...more
1/20/2025
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Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pollution Control ,
Wastewater
Stacy Harper (“Harper”) and her minor daughter (“T.T.”) filed a December 23rd Complaint in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Arkansas incorporating the following causes of action due to the alleged presence of mold in a...more
1/20/2025
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Cause of Action Accrual ,
Damages ,
Fraudulent Concealment ,
Landlords ,
Negligence ,
Property Owners ,
Punitive Damages ,
Rental Property ,
Residential Leases ,
Tenants ,
Toxic Mold
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Klinger Paint Company, Inc. (“Klinger”) entered into a January 7th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource...more
1/20/2025
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Reporting Requirements ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Waste Management
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) and the Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) released a January 2025 Policy Statement that is stated to address what is described as the:
…critical issue...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 1st Interpretive Letter the application of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”):
…to determine...more
1/16/2025
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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) ,
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Government Agencies ,
Guidance Documents ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Lithium Batteries ,
PHMSA ,
Pipelines ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Safety Standards ,
Transportation Industry
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced 60 selectees receiving awards for the Solar for All Grant Competition that is projected to provide residential solar projects to over 900,000 households. ...more
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) of the United States Department of Transportation has published a final rule amending regulations that govern wine and distilled spirits containers that adds thirteen...more
The organization American Rivers has issued its annual list of what it describes as “America’s Most Endangered Rivers”.
The organization, American Rivers, describes itself as:
...championing a national effort to...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC (“Cameron”) entered into a settlement agreement (“SA”) addressing violations of the Louisiana Air regulations....more
The Massachusetts Attorney General (“AG”) on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed on October 16th a civil action in the Superior Court alleging that:
…Feedback Earth, Inc. (“Feedback Earth”) is generating...more
1/14/2025
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Preliminary Injunctions ,
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Solid Waste ,
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State Attorneys General ,
Waste Management
The United States Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Vehicle Technologies Office issued a January 10th news release announcing $6.9 million in funding for:
…nine projects to support local...more
1/14/2025
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Climate Change ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Funding ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Fuel ,
Sustainability ,
Waste Management
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Jasper, Arkansas entered into a December 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
1/13/2025
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Clean Water Act ,
Compliance ,
Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement ,
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NPDES ,
Penalties ,
Pollution Control ,
State and Local Government ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater ,
Water
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a September 25th Interpretive Letter the application of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to the definition of...more