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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Little Rock Municipal Solid...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and City of Little Rock Landfill (“LRL”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Tire/Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Covington County Construction/Demolition Landfill...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Ashberry Landfill, LLC (“Ashberry Landfill”) entered into a December 16th Special Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violations of a Solid Waste...more

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Solid Waste/Wastewater Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal District (“St. Landry”) entered into a Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing alleged violations of a solid waste permit...more

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Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Cuba Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Enter into Administrative Order...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Prairie Valley Disposal, Inc., (“Prairie Valley”) entered into an October 24th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of the Missouri...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Operator...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and EcoSouth Services of Mobile, LLC (“Eco-South”) entered into an April 19th Special Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Solid...more

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Landfill Disposal Fees/Solid Waste: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and El Dorado...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Get Rid of It of America Corp. (“Get Rid of It”) entered into a March 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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Air Enforcement: Proposed Technical Secretary's Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Athens Landfill

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 15th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Environmental Trust Company d/b/a Meadow Branch Landfill (“ETC”) addressing...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Decatur-Morgan County Sanitary Landfill Enter into...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and City of Decatur-Morgan County Sanitary Landfill (“Decatur”) entered into a January 27th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Perry County Landfill Enter into Consent Order

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

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Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Perry County Landfill Enter into Consent Order

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

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Winston County Construction and Demolition Landfill...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Hyche Landfill, LLC (“Hyche”) entered into a November 23rd Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Alabama solid waste regulations and a...more

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Air Enforcement: United States Department of Justice/State of Michigan and Northville, Michigan, Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility...

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Michigan entered into a September 9th Consent Decree (“CD”) with Arbor Hills Energy, LLC (“AHE”)...more

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Stormwater/Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Eaton-Moery Environmental Services, Inc. (“Eaton”) entered into a May 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Order/Assessment of Civil Penalty Addressing Decatur County Municipal...

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued an August 29th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Penalty (“Order”) addressing an alleged air permit violation by Decatur County, Tennessee, Government...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Geneva County Commission Enter into Special Order by...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Geneva County Commission (“Commission”) entered into a Special Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing an alleged violation of certain Alabama regulations...more

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Landfill/Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and City of Morrilton Enter into Consent...

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Morrilton (“Morrilton”) entered into a July 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressed alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and...more

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Asbestos Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Craighead County, Arkansas Contractor Enter into Consent...

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Keith Hammett Trucking & Construction L.L.C. (“KHTC”) entered into a June 28th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of certain...more

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Landfill/Solid Waste Enforcement: Vermont Attorney General and Moretown, Vermont Landfill Operator Enter into Consent Order

The State of Vermont (by and through the Vermont Attorney General) (“Vermont”) and Moretown Landfill, Inc. (“MLI”) entered into a Consent Order and Final Judgment Order (“Consent Order”) addressing alleged violations...more

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Strange But True: Recent EPA and State Actions Show Breadth of Environmental Enforcement

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A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more

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Environmental Notes - August 2016

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Time to Pay More: EPA Increases Maximum Civil Penalties - Remember the days when the maximum civil penalty EPA could assess for a violation of environmental law was $25,000 per day? Those days disappeared 26 years ago...more

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