The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) entered into a proposed Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing a resolution of a judicial action regarding discarded polyvinyl...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Shannon Hills, Arkansas (“Shannon Hills”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
5/5/2022
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Clean Water Act ,
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Noncompliance ,
NPDES ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater
The Healthcare Waste Institute (“HWI”) of the National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) submitted April 22nd comments to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) on its proposed COVID-19 Healthcare...more
The Association for State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) sent April 25th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed PFAS National primary Drinking Water Regulation (“NPDWR”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and American Structure Inc. (“ASI”) entered into a March 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Sierra Club and two other environmental organizations filed an April 28th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Postal Service (“Service”) alleging violation of the...more
5/4/2022
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Clean Air Act ,
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Declaratory Relief ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Environmental Assessments ,
Environmental Impact Statements ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Injunctive Relief ,
NEPA ,
USPS
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Court”) addressed in an April 18th Opinion an issue involving the Clean Water Act citizen suit provision. See Blackstone Headwaters Coalition, Inc. v. Gallo Builders,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tri-City Utilities, Inc. (“Tri-City”) entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
5/3/2022
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Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement ,
NPDES ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Red Lane Domestic Water, Inc. (“Red Lane”) entered into a March 24th Consent Agreement (“CA”) to address alleged violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act...more
Mark Barolo, Acting Director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Underground Storage Tanks authored an article in the March 2022 edition of the LUSTLine Bulletin titled:
Congratulations...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 Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) announced the publication of an April 2022 report titled:
Planning for Resiliency and Sustainability in a Changing Climate (“Report”) ...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Circle K Scrap Metal, LLC (“Circle K”) entered into an April 12th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Alabama air regulations. See...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)released an April 2022 report titled:
AWIA Best Practices for Administration of Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (“Report”)...more
The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) submitted comments on April 25th to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on a proposed rule disapproving an Arkansas state implementation plan (“SIP”). ...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 Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court (“Eastern District –...more
4/28/2022
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NPDES ,
Pollution Control
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Acme Brick Company (“Acme”) entered into a March 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Greenwood Motor Lines d/b/a R+L Carriers (“Greenwood”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the...more
Ranking Environment and Public Works Committee Member United States Senator Shelley Moore Capito and other Republican Senators sent an April 20th letter to the Assistant Secretary for the Army for Civil Works of the United...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and New Frontier Oil, LLC (“New Frontier”) entered into an April 15th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of certain Alabama regulations addressing...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on April 21st what it describes as a “technical white paper” titled:
Available and Emerging Technologies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) on behalf of the United States with Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (“Schnitzer”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and...more
Eighty-nine organizations (collectively “Coalition”)two sent letters, respectively, to United States Senators Merkley and Murkowski, and Congresswoman Pingree and Congressman Joyce urging their support to enable the U.S....more
4/25/2022
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Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Funding ,
Modernization ,
NASA ,
NOAA ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
US Geological Survey ,
USDA
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. (“Emery”) entered into a March 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more