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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hartland Co-op (“Heartland”) entered into an August 5th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act Risk Management...more
The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (“CDPHE”) issued a February 5th news release indicating it has entered into two settlement agreements with Suncor Energy (“Suncor”). The two agreements address a...more
The UTE Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (“Tribe”) filed a January 3rd Notice of Appeal (“Appeal”) challenging a decision by Region 8 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to renew the...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Westlake Styrene, LLC (“Westlake”) entered into an October 18th Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See SA-AE-23-0032. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Downington Regional Water Authority (“DRWA”) entered into an Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) entered into a September 28th Settlement Agreement (“Settlement”) to resolve certain issues associated with Clean Air Act...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Underground Excavating, Inc. (“UEI”) entered into a July 22nd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) of the Federal Clean Air Act Asbestos Regulations. See Docket...more
While the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has sought to return Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) to the quiver of tools, it can use to resolve environmental claims, some stakeholders, including the US Chamber of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and El Dorado Chemical Company (“EDCC”) entered into a July 22nd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Air Act. See...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Town of Arlington, Massachusetts (“Arlington”), entered into a January 19th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of Section...more
In what could portend significant risk to the regulated community, a recent “overfiling” by U.S. EPA in connection with a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Akebono Brake Corporation (“ABC”) entered into a June 11th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean...more
The Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council (collectively “EIP”) and Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals, L.P. entered into an April 7th Stipulation of Settlement (“Settlement”) addressing a challenge to the...more
Last week, the EPA announced two significant settlements for violations of the Clean Air Act relating to emissions of volatile organic compounds (“VOCs”) from upstream oil and gas production facilities. These enforcement...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a February 6th news release stating that a joint public meeting will be held with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) to discuss a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a December 14th news release announced that the federal agency and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) have entered into a settlement with the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Kroger Limited Partnership II d/b/a Winchester Farms Dairy (“Winchester”) entered into an August 14th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (“AWGI”) entered into a July 12th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations...more
• Two recent developments have the potential to significantly impact governmental enforcement actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), the Clean Water Act...more
• The Trump Administration released an ambitious $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Feb. 12, 2018 – a plan that includes many provisions focused upon encouraging the reuse of contaminated brownfields and Superfund sites. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Republic Plastics, L.P., K-1 Facility (“RP”) entered into a November 14th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r)(7)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and E.C. Phillips and Son, Inc. (“E.C. Phillips”) entered into an August 17th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of regulations...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - Governor Brown and lawmakers reach deal for California climate funds - San Diego Union-Tribune - Aug 31 - California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a $900 million spending...more
News of “Dieselgate” broke in the Fall 2014, when vaunted vehicle-maker Volkswagen was accused of dodging federal emissions laws by rigging its automobiles so they would pass smog tests. The summer of 2015 saw the scandal...more