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Discharge of Pollutants Enforcement Actions NPDES

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

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

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Green County College...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and Crowleys Ridge College ("Crowleys Ridge") entered into a February 20th Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing an...more

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Industrial Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Benton...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and TD Granite & Marble (“TD”) entered into a February 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hampton Mining...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas Gravel Co., Inc. (“AGCI”) entered into a November 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

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

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

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hermitage Commercial...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Clanton Transport LLC (“Clanton”) entered into a June 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of...more

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Albermarle Corporation-South Plant (“Albermarle”) entered into a March 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Order Addressing Knoxville Gasoline Convenience Store

The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 11th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Pilot Travel Centers LLC (“Pilot”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Water...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Brookwood Coal Processing Facility Enter into Consent...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and MRC-FG, LLC (“MRC”) entered into a November 15th Consent Order (“CO”) to address violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System...more

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Fountain Hill, Arkansas, (“Fountain Hill”) entered into a September 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more

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Clean Water Act/EPA Needs to Better Assess and Disclose Quality of Compliance and Enforcement Data: U.S. Government Accountability...

The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a July 2021 report titled: Clean Water Act – EPA Needs to Better Assess and Disclose Quality of Compliance and Enforcement Data (“Report”) - See...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Tishomingo County Airport (Belmont) Enter into Agreed...

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Tishomingo County Airport (Belmont) (“Airport”) entered into a May 18th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Mississippi Code related to...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Madison County Inorganic Chemical Plant Operator Enter...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and ISP Chemicals, LLC, (“ISP”) entered into an April 18th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Jefferson County Developer Enter into Consent Order

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and USS Real Estate (“USS”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an NPDES General Permit (Stormwater)(“Permit”). The CO provides...more

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism – State Parks Division (“Parks Division”) entered into a February 24th...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Beverly, Ohio, Ferroalloy Production Plant Enter into Consent...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Globe Metallurgical, Inc. (“GMI”), entered into a December 20th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training: Environmental Crimes Case...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an Environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more

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EPA Approves Texas NPDES Oil and Gas Program Authorization

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On January 15, 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) announced that it approved an application from the State of Texas to administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program for...more

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Dermott (“Dermott”) entered into an October 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Criminal Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, Copper-Processing Company Charged for Alleged Violations

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued a December 1st news release stating that a copper-processing company had been charged with three felony counts alleging violations of the...more

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MassDEP Seeks to Impose Its PFAS Monitoring Requirements in NPDES Permits

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On July 14, 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) issued a public notice regarding Shire Human Genetic Therapies' Cambridge facility's pollutant discharges to the Alewife Brook, along with a...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and City of Winona Enter into Agreed Order

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and the City of Winona, Mississippi, (“Winona”) entered into a May 13th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution...more

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Marvell, Arkansas (“Marvel”) entered into a December 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged...more

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Black Rock, Arkansas (“Black Rock”) entered into a December 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Fayetteville,...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and American Air Filter Company, Inc., (“AAFC”) entered into a December 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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