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The city of Fresno announced this week that Shell USA, Dow Chemical, and other oil and chemical companies have agreed to pay the city $230 million to settle the city’s 2007 lawsuit against them for allegedly contaminating...more
My law firm colleague, Allan Gates, drafted an October 24th post in the American College of Environmental Lawyers (“ACOEL”) blog titled: Will EPA Ignore a Flagrant Violation of the Clean Water Act?...more
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
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
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Matt Brewing, Co., Inc. (“MBCI”) entered into a September 21st Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations...more
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
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
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
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
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
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Storm Oil, LLC (“Storm”) entered into a December 30th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 311 of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Newport Utilities (“Newport”) entered into an October 21st Complaint and Consent Agreement/Final Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of Section...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Bayside Fuel Oil Depot Corp. (“Bayside”) entered into a September 27th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of Section 311 of...more
Omega Protein Corporation manufactured and distributed omega-3 fish oils and fish meal products. Omega financed its operations through federal government programs under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Phoenix Chemical Co., Inc., (“Phoenix”) entered into a July 31st Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No. CWA...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a March 12th Order a challenge to a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit...more
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) submitted what is described as an “Overfile Request” to the Region 4 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) regarding a wastewater...more
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) submitted an October 29th letter to the Region 4 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requesting: . . . initiate immediate...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Fraticelli Oil Company (“FOC”) entered into an April 23rd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) for alleged violation of Section 311(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act....more
Ever since President Trump took office in January 2017, several questions have arisen within the environmental community regarding how his administration will change the legal and enforcement priorities of the United States...more
A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act — more commonly known as the Clean Water Act — establishes a stringent regulatory and permitting regime governing the discharge of pollutants into rivers, streams, wetlands, and other...more