FCPA Compliance Report - Karen Woody on Elon Musk Attack on SEC Consent Decree
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Globe Metallurgical, Inc. (“GMI”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) in the United States District Court (Southern District of Ohio) addressing alleged Clean Air Act...more
The United States District Court (Eastern District Wisconsin) (“Court”) addressed in a July 27th Order a request by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) acting on behalf of the United States Environmental...more
On May 31, 2023, the EPA provided notice of a proposed consent decree in the case, California Communities Against Toxics (CCAT), et al. v. Regan, No. 1:22-cv-03724 (DDC), which revolves around the issue of ethylene oxide...more
The Jefferson County, Alabama, Board of Health (“Health Department”) and Bluestone Coke, LLC, (“Bluestone”) entered into a December 9th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Case No.:...more
The Untied States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) with Firestone Polymers, LLC (“Firestone”) addressing alleged Clean Air Act and...more
The Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians, Center for Biological Diversity, and High Country Conservation Advocates (collectively “Sierra Club”) and Mountain Coal Company and Arch Resources, Inc. (collectively “Mountain Coal”)...more
The Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. (“CLF”), and DATTCO, Inc. (“DATTCO”), entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Connecticut Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan provisions addressing...more
Typically when considering the regulatory risk presented by per- and polyfluoroalkyl (“PFAS”) compounds, businesses think of the regulation of drinking water, groundwater, and consumer products. However, there is an increased...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a September 2nd Order a Petition filed by MPLX challenging a permit condition that the federal agency placed in a...more
The United States Department of Justice and Commonwealth of Massachusetts (collectively “DOJ”) and Sprague Resources, L.P. and Sprague Operating Resources, LLC (collectively “Sprague”) entered into a May 29th Consent Decree...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a February 5th news release announced that the federal agency and Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) have entered into...more
Earlier this year, EPA announced revised National Enforcement Initiatives (“NEIs”) beginning October 1, 2016 for fiscal years 2017-2019. Among other areas of concentration, EPA’s NEIs include the expansion of a previous air...more
The news has been full of stories and articles concerning Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR), also referred to as coal ash. CCR became a hot topic in 2008 when a coal ash pond at a utility plant in Tennessee spilled more than 5...more