A February 20th Order was issued by a Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (“PW”) Hearing Officer addressing the appeal of an enforcement order/administrative penalty (“Order”) alleging that the Chiquita Canyon...more
The Carroll County Solid Waste Authority (“Carroll County Authority”) submitted a Petition to the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) to be designated the Carroll County Solid Waste District.
The...more
Senate Bill 377 has been introduced which would in summary:
Amend certain Arkansas statutory authorities addressing the collection and distribution of solid waste disposal and transportation fees...more
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) issued a February 2019 Issue Brief titled:
Recyclables: Changing Markets (“Issue Brief”) -
A key focus of the Issue Brief is the impact of China’s establishment of a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a February 8th Federal Register Notice addressing the federal agency’s plan to submit an Information Collection Request (“ICR”) addressing:
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The Association of Plastic Recyclers (“APR”) issued a December 2018 report entitled:
Life Cycle Impacts for Postconsumer Recycled Resins: PET, HDPE, and PP (“Report”) -
The Report was submitted by Franklin Associates....more
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an Amended Project Notification (“Notification”) dated February 4th titled:
Communication of Human Health Risks...more
House Bill 1362 has been introduced which would address the Compliance Advisory Panel (“CAP”) established by Arkansas Code § 8-4-314(j)(5) and transfer certain moneys from the Marketing Recyclables Program Fund to the Used...more
The Northeast Recycling Council republished a GreenMatch post titled:
What Happens to PV Panels When Their Life Cycle Ends (“Post”) -
The Northeast Recycling Council Post addresses what it characterizes as...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) published a paper titled:
Time-Critical Removal Capabilities (“Paper”) -
The Paper was prepared by the ASTSWMO Removals Focus Group...more
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) issued a January 29th Memorandum Opinion addressing three motions to intervene as defendants in a pending challenge to the United States Environmental...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and the University of Alabama (“UofA”) entered into a Consent Order to address alleged violations of certain provisions of the ADEM Administrative Code related to...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Monarch Ceramic Tile, Inc., (“Monarch”) entered into a January 8th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the ADEM Admin. Code related to...more
The National Waste & Recycling Association and Solid Waste Association of North America (collectively “Associations”) have jointly issued two documents addressing closed Municipal Solid Waste (“MSW”) landfills and the issue...more
A multistate coalition submitted January 3rd comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) opposing a proposed rule denominated as...more
The Chinese government issued a document on December 21st titled:
Notice on Adjusting the Catalogue of Imported Waste Management (“Notice”) -
The Notice addresses standards previously issued that are denominated...more
Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Moulton issued Order No. 2 in the C & H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C & H”) Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) proceedings which denied C & H’s Motion to Continue...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Tox Path Specialists, LLC (“TPS”) entered into a December 26th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more
C & H Hog Farms, Inc., (“C & H”) filed a December 7th Motion to Continue Preliminary Hearing (“Motion”) that had been scheduled by Administrative Law Judge Charles Moulton. See Docket No. 18-004-P.
C & H is challenging the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Metal Management Midwest, Inc. d/b/a Sims Metal Management (“Metal Management”) entered into a December 20th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more
The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, Inc., Arkansas Canoe Club, Ozark Society, Inc., and Five Individuals (collectively “BRWA”) filed a December 18th Motion to Intervene and Request for Hearing (“Motion”) in C & H Hog Farm’s...more
The Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (“SWEEP”) issued a December 14th document titled:
The SWEEP Municipal Standard (“Municipal Standard”) -
Municipal Standard is characterized as evaluating the...more
C & H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C & H”) filed a “Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review and Stay” (“Request”) related to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) denial of its application for an...more
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The Association of Plastic Recyclers and American Chemistry Council (collectively “ACC”) announced on December 17th the issuance of a report titled:
2017 United States National Postconsumer Plastic Bottle Recycling Report...more