Department of Environmental Quality, Solid Waste

Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Camden...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/12/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and the City of Camden, Arkansas entered into an August 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas...more

Data Quality Issues Within the Hazardous Waste e-MANIFEST System: Association for State and Territorial Solid Waste Management...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/26/2024

The Association for State and Territorial Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) published a position paper titled: DATA QUALITY ISSUES WITHIN THE HAZARDOUS WASTE e-MANIFEST SYSTEM (“Position Paper). The Position Paper...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/27/2024

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

Arkansas Recycling Tax Credit: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Update

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/26/2024

The Arkansas Recycling Equipment Tax Credit Program was created by Act 654 of 1993. The program encourages recycling by allowing Arkansas taxpayers a 30 percent state income tax credit for the purchase of equipment used...more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Beebe Enter Into...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/30/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Beebe, Arkansas, (“Beebe”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a...more

Solid Waste Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Clarksdale Class I Rubbish Site Enter into Agreed...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/2/2024

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, (“Clarksdale”) entered into a November 27th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Solid Waste Management...more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Alexander Off-roading Area...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/29/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Carter Off Road Park, LLC (“Carter”) entered into a November 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

Auto Dismantler Exemption/Solid Waste Permitting: Supreme Court of Oregon Addresses Applicability to Scrap Metal Recycling

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/21/2023

The Supreme Court of Oregon (“S.Ct.”) addressed in a December 7th Opinion an issue involving the “Auto Dismantler Exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling, Inc....more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/14/2023

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

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

Human Health Risk Assessment Screening Tool for Atypical Risk Exposure Scenarios: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/14/2023

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) released a report addressing a risk assessment screening tool titled: Human Health Risk Assessment Screening Tool for Atypical Risk...more

Whistleblower Complaint/Safe Drinking Water Act: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Addresses Alleged North Dakota...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/30/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an August 23rd news release summarizing the results of a whistleblower investigation that it undertook regarding the North Dakota Department of Environmental...more

Solid Waste Management Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Regional...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/18/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District Board of Directors (“Ozark”) entered into a June 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/6/2023

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

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

Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Pine Bluff...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/13/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and AGROdeviate, LLC, (“AGROdeviate”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...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

Tire Collection Center/Mobile Tire Processing Equipment: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/27/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced in a news release that it will host a stakeholder meeting on September 27th (tomorrow) to discuss the preliminary draft...more

Arkansas Recycling Tax Credit: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality – Waste Reduction,...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/15/2022

The Arkansas General Assembly through Act 748 of 1991 established a tax credit program for facilities establishing or expanding processes that utilize recyclables. The recycling tax credit has been very beneficial to...more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Grain Processing Plant...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/23/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Riceland Foods, Inc. (“Riceland”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more

Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Quarterly Newsletter: January 2020

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/28/2020

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has issued a new edition (January 2020) of its quarterly newsletter. DEQ describes the newsletter as providing...more

Landfill Closure/Property Redevelopment: Oregon Appellate Court Addresses Whether Mulch Storage Agreement Constitutes an...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/24/2019

The Court of Appeals of Oregon (“Court”) issued a December 18th opinion addressing whether the temporary storage of waste mulch generated pursuant to a landfill closure constituted an irrevocable license. See Joseph Mill...more

Alternative Daily Cover/Landfill: Alabama Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to State Rules

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/31/2019

The Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama (“Court”) addressed in an October 11th opinion a challenge to certain Alabama Department Environmental Management (“ADEM”) rules applicable to solid waste landfills. See Smith v. Lefleur,...more

Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Stephens, Arkansas Paper Recycling and Processing...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/26/2019

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Stephens Paper Company, LLC (“Stephens”) entered into an August 22nd Consent Administrator Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution...more

Virginia’s Renewed General Industrial Stormwater Discharge Permit Includes a Mix of Tougher and More Flexible Standards

Williams Mullen on 7/16/2019

In the ever-increasing effort to control nutrient (phosphorous and nitrogen) loads into the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Virginia and other Bay states are looking for additional means to ratchet down nutrient-laden stormwater...more

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