The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Sign Builders, Inc. (“SBI”) entered into a September 19th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain hazardous waste regulations. See Consent...more
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Moulton issued a Recommended Decision (“RD”) in the proceeding styled In the Matter of Carroll County Solid Waste...more
The Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has issued for public input on the Conceptual Closure Plan for the C & H Hog Farm waste storage ponds.
DEQ States that the waste storage pond closure activities will be...more
The Northeast Recycling Council (“NERC”) issued a report titled:
Report on Blended Commodity Values in the Northeast (“Report”)
The period covered by the Report is April – June 2019....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an August 20th Project Notification titled:
Post-Closure Care at Hazardous Waste Units Closed with Waste in Place...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 11th interpretive letter addressing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) solvent-contaminated wipes exclusions (“Exclusions”)found at 40...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Milliken & Company (“MC”) entered into a July 9th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing an alleged violation of the South Carolina regulations related to the...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted June 10th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) addressing the:
Draft Interim Recommendations...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Clean Earth of Alabama, Inc. (“Clean Earth”) entered into a May 30 Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Alabama Hazardous Waste...more
Arkansas Times and Arkansas Business published articles yesterday referencing Governor Ash Hutchinson’s announcement that the State of Arkansas had resolved the proceedings/conflicts regarding C & H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C & H”)...more
The Tanks Subcommittee of the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted April 25 comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on the:
Proposed Rule...more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) and other municipalities filed an Amicus Brief in the pending Supreme Court of the United States case styled County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, et al....more
5/24/2019
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Clean Water Act ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Groundwater ,
Groundwater Management Plan ,
Jurisdiction ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
SCOTUS ,
Storm Water ,
Waste Management ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater ,
Water ,
Waters of the United States
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 21st letter addressed a request to determine whether certain discarded carpet that a company plans to process into fuel would be considered a solid waste...more
The Receiver (Geoffrey B. Treece) for the Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District (“Ozark”) filed a May 10th Petition to Intervene and for Continuance of Hearing (“Petition”) in proceedings before the Arkansas Pollution Control...more
I undertook a presentation on April 17th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled:
Solid and Hazardous Waste Judicial/Regulatory Developments: 2018 – 2019 -
The discussion addressed...more
4/23/2019
/ CERCLA ,
Coal ,
Drones ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHMSA ,
RCRA ,
Recycling ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Solid Waste ,
Superfund ,
Waste Management
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Armtec Countermeasures Co. (“ACC”) entered into a March 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control &...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a Fact Sheet titled:
Amendments to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act - America’s Water Infrastructure Act: A Guide for State...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., (“Safety-Kleen”) entered into a March 26th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Resource Conservation and Recovery...more
House Bill 1967 has been introduced which would create the Environmental Compliance Resource Act (“Act”).
The legislation was introduced by Representative Watson (Hope)....more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) announced in a March 19th news release that it was reorganizing the Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste Management programs.
The rationale for the reorganization is to:
...more
Senate Bill 550 was recently introduced which would address liquid animal waste systems and liquid livestock litter utilization.
A key provision of the legislation would be the proposed transfer of liquid animal waste...more
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota (“Court”) addressed in a March 4th opinion a landowner’s ability to continue a prior nonconforming use limited to the uses allowed under the terms of the land-use permit in effect at the time...more
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) submitted March 1st comments on the Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (“SWEEP”).
SWEEP has been described as a Municipal Standard which evaluates the...more
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) sent a February 4th Overfile Request (“Request”) to the Region 4 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requesting action against the...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) filed a Petition for a Contested Case Hearing (“Petition”) in the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings addressing a Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality...more
2/27/2019
/ Certification Requirements ,
Clean Water Act ,
Critical Habitat ,
Endangered Species ,
Highways ,
Permits ,
State Departments of Transportation ,
Stormwater Discharge Permits ,
Toll Roads ,
Waste Management ,
Water ,
Water Quality