Wastewater Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Farmerville Dental Office Enter into Settlement -
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and NELA Dental of Farmerville, L.L.C.,...more
The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“SCT”) addressed in a December 8th Opinion a judicial challenge to a revision of the Washington Department of Ecology’s (“WDE”) Water Quality Program Permit Writer’s Manual...more
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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a November 22nd proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Mapco Express, Inc. (“Mapco”) addressing a Chattanooga, Tennessee, facility (“Facility”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas Gravel Co., Inc. (“AGCI”) entered into a November 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The City of Baltimore, Maryland, filed a November 21st Complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against five cigarette manufacturers and a distributor in regard to alleged losses/costs associated with tobacco product...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Perry County Associates, LLC (“PCA”) entered into a November 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code solid waste...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a November 1st proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Assurance Operations Corporation d/b/a AOC Metal Works (“Assurance”)....more
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted November 3rd comments on a Memorandum United States Environmental Protection Agency (“ EPA”) issued on April 5th titled:
Accelerating Nutrient Pollution...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a document titled:
Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (October 2022) (“Strategy”)...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) addressed in an October 26th Opinion a company’s Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) policy Total Pollution Exclusion (“TPE”). See Central Crude,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wilmot, Arkansas, (“Wilmot”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (“EPA”) sent an October 12th Letter of Concern (“LOC”) to the following Louisiana state agencies:
Louisiana...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Safety Kleen Systems, Inc. (“Safety Kleen”) entered into a September 30th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed an October 17th Complaint and Request for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Angelle Concrete Group, LLC (“ACG”) entered into a Settlement Agreement (“Settlement”) addressing alleged wastewater and air permit violations. See Settlement...more
A group of Polk County, Arkansas, property owners filed on October 17th a Complaint in the Circuit Court of Polk County, Arkansas, against Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) alleging injury to personal and real property...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Magpro, LLC (“Magpro”) entered into a September 23rd Settlement Agreement and Order (“Settlement”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and AGROdeviate, LLC, (“AGROdeviate”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a September 16th news release stating that it is proposing penalties for Phoenix Environmental Laboratories, Inc. (“Phoenix”) for alleged violations.
The...more
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (“WDNR”) issued a document titled:
Post-Construction Storm Water Management for Ground-Mounted Solar (“Guidance”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an August 2022 Enforcement Alert (“EA”) titled:
Stationary Engines Cause Excess Emissions in Communities Across the Country...more
The ability of unmanned aerial vehicle systems (i.e., drones) to assist in a variety of activities in the environmental and energy areas has been and is continuing to expand rapidly.
A number of environmental service...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (“Cooper”) entered into an August 23rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon (“Department of Justice [“DOJ”]) issued an August 24th news release stating that Hydro Extrusion USA (“Hydro”) had been charged with negligent endangerment under...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a guidance/reminder document addressing a section of Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) Rule No....more