EPA recently proposed significant actions to address PFAS in wastewater under the Clean Water Act by (1) publishing recommended human health water quality criteria used to enact surface water quality standards and (2)...more
The James Howard Mize and Patricia Dean Mize Joint Revocable Trust (“Trust”) filed in the Circuit Court of Faulkner County, Arkansas on August 19th a Complaint against the following two corporations and one individual: ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas, LLC (“Huntsman”) entered into a May 8th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a pre-Federal Register Notice referencing the availability of preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (“Plan 15”). Section 304(m) of the Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Cities of Cotter and Gassville, Arkansas (collectively, “Cities”) entered into a June 13th Consent Administrative Order...more
In September 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (“Preliminary Plan 15”) which includes two new rulemakings that are intended to reduce Per- and...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Albemarle Corporation (“AC”) entered into an October 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more
A United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) news release states the agency has released the Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program 15 (“Plan 15”) which identifies the initiation of a Clean Water Act rulemaking to...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a February 26th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to the City of Lewisburg, Tennessee (“City”) for alleged violations of a National Pollution...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”)in federal court against the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (“Department”) alleging...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a May 2nd Federal Register Notice the Final 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (“Plan”). See 83 Fed. Reg. 19281....more
The final rule, touted by EPA as eliminating environmental impacts and cancer risks, substantively changes longstanding regulations regarding steam electric power plants. On September 30, the US Environmental Protection...more