The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (“IDNR”) has issued a June 2024 Report titled:
2022 Iowa Landfill Material Analysis (“Report”).
The Report was prepared by SCS Engineers....more
The Association for State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) published a position paper titled:
DATA QUALITY ISSUES WITHIN THE HAZARDOUS WASTE e-MANIFEST SYSTEM (“Position Paper”)....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Waste Recycling (“WR”) entered into an August 29th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stormwater...more
Co-Author Jesse Long The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (“Court”) addressed in an August 22nd Opinion a riparian rights issue. See Clott et al., v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2024 WL...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) entered into a November 14th Stipulated Settlement Agreement and Proposed Order (“Settlement”) addressing the Arkansas...more
The Mississippi Committee on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Wis-Pak of Hattiesburg, LLC (“Wis-Pak”) entered into an October 5th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit....more
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging a Final Action undertaken by the United...more
The Erie County Water Authority (“Erie”) filed a Class Action Complaint in the United States District Court (Northern District of Illinois) against seven PVC pipe manufacturers alleging violations of certain federal antitrust...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and City of Gatlinburg, Tennessee entered into an October 24th Final Order and Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) addressing an alleged violation of the...more
Cedar Lake Estates, LLC, Robert Dunn, John Belden, and Jeff Evans (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a November 8th Complaint against Leruss Holdings, LCC (“LH”) alleging damages. See Case No. 43CV-24-1070....more
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“Court”) issued a November 12th Opinion addressing an issue arising out of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). See Marin Audubon Society, et...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Good Shephard Humane Society, Inc. (“Good Shephard”) entered into a November 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Purcell Tire & Rubber Company (“Purcell”) entered into an October 22nd Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of the Missouri Air...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and James Osborne entered into a September 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of Arkansas...more
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (“Court”) addressed in a June 25th Opinion an issue arising out of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Raritan Baykeeper,...more
Three federal agencies have collectively developed a document titled:
Incident Response Guide - Water and Wastewater Sector (“Guide”)....more
11/12/2024
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and HOS Port, LLC (“HOS”) entered into an October 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more
The Arkansas Court of Appeals in an October 23 Opinion addressed an issue arising out of the operation and funding of a sewer improvement district sanitary sewer system. See Layman Lane, LLC. v. Suburban Sewer Improvement...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hartford Wood River Terminal, LLC (“Hartford Wood”) entered into an October 25th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of The...more
The Environmental Defense Fund released a November 6th report titled:
Pro-Active Grid Investment Assessment - Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transportation Electrification (“Report”). ...more
The Arkansas and 24 other State Attorney Generals (collectively, “Amici Curiae”) filed on October 28th an Amicus Brief supporting a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court to address a Clean Water...more
11/8/2024
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The Texas Attorney General (“AG”) on behalf of the State of Texas filed a Complaint and Petition for Review (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the United States Fish...more
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) has sent three separate Notices of Intent to Sue (“NOIs”) to three Louisiana Petcoke processing plants alleging violations of the Clean Water Act...more
The Michigan Attorney General (“AG”) filed a Complaint in the Michigan Circuit Court for the 30th Judicial Circuit against Ox Paperboard WP, LLC (“Ox”) and White Pigeon Mills, LLC (“White Pigeon”) for alleged violations of a...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed an October 21st Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to Harvest Four Corners LLC (“Harvest”). See...more