Civil Monetary Penalty, Environmental Violations, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

California Combats Greenwashing with New Voluntary Carbon Offset and Carbon-Neutral and Low-Carbon Product Disclosure Law

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 12/20/2023

California’s unprecedented AB 1305 law purports to target “greenwashing” by mandating public disclosures about virtually any claim of “significant” carbon reductions, but its broad wording and uncertain effective date raise...more

Solid Waste/Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Ridgeland Landfill Operator Enter into Agreed...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/22/2022

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and BFI Waste Systems of Mississippi, LLC (“BFI”) entered into a November 14th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged air and solid waste violations. See Order No....more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Natural Gas Compressor...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/17/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC (“NGPL”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Guntown Manufacturing Facility Enter into Agreed Order -...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/24/2021

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Norboard Mississippi, LLC (“Norboard”) entered into a September 15th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged air permit violations. See Order No. 7150 21. The Order...more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Pulaski County Mineral...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/15/2021

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Porocel Industries, LLC (“Porocel”) entered into an August 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty for Vonore, Tennessee Boat Manufacturing...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/24/2018

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TAPCB”) issued a September 11th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Yamaha Jet Boat Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. (“Yamaha”) for an alleged...more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Dallas County, Arkansas, Lumber Facility Enter into Consent...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/10/2018

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Ray White Lumber Company (“RWLC”) entered into a July 13th Consent Administrative Order (CAO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Arkansas air regulations....more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Izard County, Arkansas, Hardwood Flooring Mill Enter into...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/29/2018

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Unilin North America, LLC, (“Unilin”) entered into a March 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No....more

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