State AG Pulse | AGs: The Dukes of (Environmental) Hazard
Williams Mullen Manufacturing Edge: Environmental Enforcement in the Current Regulatory Climate
[Webinar] EHS in the Cannabis Industry: What Happens When the E stands for Enforcement?
The Current and Future Landscapes of EPA Criminal and Civil Enforcement
FERC: A Discussion on its Mission, Market Manipulation Investigations, and Common Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expects companies to self-police their environmental compliance efforts. While the EPA regularly conducts inspections focused on assessing environmental compliance, it also...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Waste Control Specialists (“WCS”) entered into a February 24 Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) alleging violations of certain Texas/federal hazardous...more
The U.S. Attorney’s Office (Middle District of Georgia) issued a January 18th press release stating that Care Environmental Corporation (“CEC”), which is headquartered in Hackettstown, New Jersey, was sentenced for alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC (“Calumet”) entered into an October 25th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2024 increases to civil penalties....more
Both the Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency finished 2023 by issuing new rules that increase the maximum civil penalties for violating certain regulations. For the EPA, those regulations include...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and T & D Quick Stop, Inc. (“T & D”) entered into a January 2nd expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Cobalt Boats, LLC (“Cobalt”) entered into a November 3rd Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the federal and Kansas...more
The United States District Court (M.D. Florida) (“Court”) addressed in a June 23rd Order an insurance coverage issue involving a petroleum release from an underground storage tank (“UST”). See L. Squared Industries, Inc. v....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and JACAM Catalyst, LLC (“JACAM”) entered into a January 3rd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more
On January 6, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its Final Rule, listed at 88 FR 986, updating the maximum civil monetary penalties that may be assessed for violations of environmental statutes....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Heritage Training and Shooting Center, LLC (“Heritage”) entered into a January 6th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and XG Sciences, Inc. (“XG”) entered into an August 1st Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Michigan Hazardous Waste...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 2022 Resource Conservation Recovery Act (“RCRA”) Information Bulletin titled: Ensuring and Determining Compliance with Land Disposal Restrictions...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Sonoco Hickory, Inc. (“Sonoco“) entered into a May 19th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations. See Docket No....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Viking Drill & Tool, Inc. (“Viking”) entered into an April 15th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Minnesota...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Ergon Baton Rouge, Inc., (“Ergon”) entered into a May 3rd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Louisiana hazardous waste regulations. See...more
Mark Barolo, Acting Director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Underground Storage Tanks authored an article in the March 2022 edition of the LUSTLine Bulletin titled: Congratulations...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hanover 76, Inc. (“Hanover”) entered into an April 7th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Pennsylvania underground storage tank (“UST”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Johnstown Tube Laser, LLC, (doing business as Environmental Tank & Container) (“Johnstown”) entered into a Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations...more
On March 22, 2022, U.S. EPA released a new web tool designed to ensure that information regarding environmental violations and enforcement actions is more readily available to the public. The new tool, called ECHO Notify,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and York Fuel Stop, Inc., (“York”) entered into a February 23rd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing violations of the Pennsylvania regulations addressing underground...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and C-P Flexible Packaging (“C-P”) entered into a September 30th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Pennsylvania regulations addressing...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Elm Plating Company (“EPC”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Western Illinois University (“Western”) entered into a February 11th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Illinois...more