The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District)(“Corps”) issued an August 24th Public Notice referencing Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act permit...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and SFI of Arkansas, LLC (“SFI”) entered into a June 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air...more
As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in the United States District Court...more
8/5/2022
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The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Producers Rice Mill, Inc. (“Producers”) entered into a July 6th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Order No. 7201 22. ...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Holiday Shores Resort (“HSR”) entered into a July 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Max Taylor Oil Company, Inc. (“MTOC”) entered into a July 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 12th Order granting in part and denying in part a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 7th guidance document titled:
Open Burning and Open Detonation (OB/OD) of Waste Explosives Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Chemours Company FC LLC (“Chemours”) entered into a June 30th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Order No. 7199 22. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) issued a June 17th decision challenging certain conditions in a Keene, New Hampshire, (“City”) Public Owned Treatment Works...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Omni Home Builders at Diamondhead Resort Community, LLC (“Omni”) entered into a may 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
7/7/2022
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Stormwater Discharge Permits
Earthjustice and 11 other environmental organizations submitted a document to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on June 28th titled:
Petition for Action Regarding Deficiencies...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 7th Order granting a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) to the Colver Power...more
As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in the United States District Court...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and MTD Products Company (“MTD”) entered into a May 17th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit. See Order No....more
The Supreme Court of Texas (“Court”) addressed in a February 11th opinion what constitutes an operator for purposes of a wastewater permit. See Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Maverick County, 642 S.W.3d 537. ...more
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) Air Permits Division announced the issuance of a new Readily Available Permit (“RAP”) for power generation engines....more
Earthjustice on behalf of certain organizations and an individual filed a May 9th Petition before the 201st District Court in Travis County, Texas, challenging the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (“TCEQ”) issuance...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Melbourne, Arkansas, (“Melbourne”) entered into a March 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Biden-Harris Administration released on May 11th what it described as a “Permitting Action Plan.”
The stated purpose of the Permitting Action Plan is to:
. . . strengthen and accelerate Federal permitting and...more
The Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a February 18th Opinion a challenge to the issuance by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) of two Clean Water Act National...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued an April 11th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Ford Construction Company (“Ford”) regarding alleged violations of an...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. (“DSSI”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Commercial Jet Services LLC (“CJS”) entered into an April 21st Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama hazardous waste regulations. See...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator issued a March 4th Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part a Petition for Objection to Permit (“Order”) for a BP products North America, Inc. (“BP”)...more