Corrective Actions, Department of Environmental Quality

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Magnolia...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/7/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and City of Magnolia, Arkansas entered into a March 1st consent administrative order (“CAO”) addressing alleged Clean Water Act National...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Greenbrier...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/16/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Greenbrier (“Greenbrier”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

Implementing Climate Resilience/Hazardous Waste Permitting: ASTSWMO Addresses Question to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/23/2024

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) addressed in a January 26th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) a question regarding a draft memorandum the...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Dumas Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/13/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Dumas, Arkansas, entered into a January 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more

Aboveground Storage Tanks: An Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund Reminder

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/1/2023

The Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”) is a state statutory mechanism has been used by both underground and aboveground storage tank owners and operators for over 30 years to address petroleum leaks and...more

Hazardous Waste Management Program Implementation Costs: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/9/2023

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a November 2023 report titled: Hazardous Waste Management Program Implementation Costs Report (“Report”) - The Report was...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Carroll County Motel...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/21/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Statue Road Inn (“SRI”) entered into a June 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more

Polk County, Fuel Station/Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund: Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Arkansas Pollution...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/27/2023

Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) filed a pleading before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) addressing an issue arising under the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division...more

94th Arkansas General Assembly/Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund: Legislation Introduced Providing Conditions for Landfill...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/3/2023

House Bill 1744 (“HB 1744”) has been introduced which would address landfills that receive money from the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) from the Landfill Post-Closure...more

Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Lafayette County Subdivision Developer Enter into...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/7/2022

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and JWM Development, LLC (“JWM”) entered into a September 27th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act Storm Water Permit. See Order...more

Post-Closure Care Beyond 30 Years at RCRA Subtitle C Facilities: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/5/2022

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a position paper titled: Post-Closure Care Beyond 30 Years at RCRA Subtitle C Facilities (“Position Paper”) The Position...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Imboden Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/27/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Imboden, Arkansas, (“Imboden”) entered into a May 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Proposed Order and Assessment Related to Memphis...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/7/2022

The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a May 9th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to TForce Freight, Inc. (“TFI”) related to alleged violations of the Tennessee underground storage tank...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and U.S. Army Corps of...

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Memphis District) (“Corps”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order...more

Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Calhoun County, Arkansas Ordnance Manufacturing...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/22/2019

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Armtec Countermeasures Co. (“ACC”) entered into a March 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control &...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/22/2018

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

Sanitary Sewer Overflow/Clean Water Act Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Polk County, Arkansas...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/27/2018

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Mena, Arkansas (“Mena”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more

Arkansas Underground Injection Control Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Boone County, Arkansas School...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/8/2018

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Bergman Public Schools (“Bergman”) entered into a January 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and...more

Storm Water Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Jackson County, Mississippi Solid Waste Management...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/25/2018

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Applewhite Recycling Systems LLC (“Applewhite”) entered into a December 20th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a storm water permit. See...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and City of Mitchellville, Arkansas Enter into Consent...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/16/2018

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Mitchellville, Arkansas (“City”) entered into a December 5th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) alleging violations of the Clean Water Act National...more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Faulkner County, Arkansas Steel Tire Cord Manufacturing Facility...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/5/2017

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Tokusen U.S.A., Inc. (“TI”) entered into a November 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 17-099. The CAO...more

Virginia DEQ to Revise Risk Assessment Protocols

Williams Mullen on 8/12/2016

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) is preparing to implement revised risk assessment protocols for many of its site cleanup programs. DEQ’s new approach is called the Virginia Unified Risk Assessment...more

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