The Maryland Legislature passed House Bill 649 (“HB 649”) addressing Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permits....more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Alabama River Cellulose, LLC, (“ARC”) entered into a March 30th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Consent Order No....more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and CEMEX Southeast, LLC, (“CEMEX”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. ...more
The Sierra Club filed an objection to a Clean Air Act Title V Revised Operating Permit before the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) through a document styled:
PETITION FOR OBJECTION...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Custom Wood Recycling, Inc. (“Custom”) entered into a February 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...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
A Massachusetts Land Court (Worcester County) (“Court”) addressed in a February 18th Decision the denial by a Planning Board (“Board”) of a special permit for a solar array. See Summit Farms, LLC, et al. v. Planning Board for...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a January 28th Order granting a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the ETC Waha...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Quality Rock (“Quality”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an...more
The Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians, Center for Biological Diversity, and High Country Conservation Advocates (collectively “Sierra Club”) and Mountain Coal Company and Arch Resources, Inc. (collectively “Mountain Coal”)...more
The Court of Appeals of Oregon (“Court”) addressed in a January 26th opinion an issue involving the “auto dismantler exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling,...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
Earthjustice sent a January 20th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 16, 2021, Order granting in part and denying in part a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating...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 & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Denver Roller, Inc. (“DRI”) entered into a December 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector of General (“OIG”) issued a January 12th report titled:
EPA’s Title V Program Needs to Address Ongoing Fee Issues and Improve Oversight...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lion Oil Company, LLC (“Lion”) entered into a December 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Riceland Foods, Inc./Soy Division (“Riceland”) entered into a December 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Chapel Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc. d/b/a Chapel Hill Memorial Park Crematory (“Chapel Hill”) entered into a December 13th...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Terra Renewal Services, Inc. – Pulaski County (“Terra”) entered into a December 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a December 17th Decision the issuance of an air permit by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) to Algonquin Gas...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 United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Lehigh Cement Company LLC (“Lehigh”) entered into a November 17th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Air Act Title V Permit. See...more
OARS, Inc. (“OARS”) filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging a provision addressing phosphorus in a Clean Water...more