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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Notice of Intent

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PFAS Discharges: Environmental Justice Community Action Network and Roseboro, North Carolina Landfill Enter into Proposed Judicial...

The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) on behalf of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network filed a Proposed Judicial Consent Decree (“CD”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addressing...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an August 7th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to Sue Under the Clean Air Act for Failure to Issue or Deny a...more

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Notice of Intent to Sue EPA Under TSCA Given Regarding PFOA in Fluorinated Plastic Containers

On May 17, 2024, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Center for Environmental Health (CEH) gave notice of intent to sue under section 20(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This notice...more

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Fluorinating Plastic Containers/Toxic Substances Control Act: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Notice of Intent...

The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) sent a May 17th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to File Suit to Compel Performance of a...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addressing...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) transmitted a May 8th Clean Air Act Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) over an alleged failure to: …issue or deny the...more

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What Is OSHA's Definition Of A “Willful” Work Safety Violation?

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines a "willful" violation as one where the employer either knowingly failed to comply with a legal requirement or acted with plain indifference to employee safety....more

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Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Baltimore, Maryland, Scrap Recycling Facility Enter into Consent...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Berg Brothers Recycling, Inc. (“Berg Brothers”) entered into a January 31st Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act stormwater...more

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Open Burning and Open Detonation/RCRA: Earthjustice Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Alleged...

Earthjustice and a number of other organizations sent the United States Environmental Protection (“EPA”) a document on August 31st styled: 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue for Failure to Perform Non-Discretionary Duty...more

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Solar for All Grant Deadlines Approaching Fast

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Governments, tribes, and nonprofits wanting to improve solar energy infrastructure have a new tool in their toolkit. On June 28, 2023, the EPA published the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Solar for All grant...more

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Steam Electric Station/Rusk County, Texas: Sierra Club Notice of Intent of Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Alleged...

The Sierra Club sent a Notice of Intent to file suit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for failure to undertake a nondiscretionary duty under the Clean Air Act....more

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Mercury/Water Quality Standards: North Dakota Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The North Dakota Attorney General (“AG”) sent a document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue for Failure to Perform Nondiscretionary Duty under the Clean...more

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Section 3(c)(2)(B) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Notice of Intent to Suspend DCPA Technical Registration:...

Several organizations filed a July 21st Notice of Exceptions and Appeal Brief (“Notice”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressing: Federal...more

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Stormwater/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Conservation Law Foundation Notice of Intent to File Suit Against EPA Under the Clean Water...

The Conservation Law Foundation and Charles River Watershed Association (collectively, “CLF”) sent a July 13th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Violations and Intent...more

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Environmentalists File Notice of Intent to Sue Regarding Regional Haze

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On February 7, 2022, Sierra Club, et al. filed a Notice of Intent to File Suit (“NOI”) over the Unites States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“USEPA”) supposed failure to perform its duties under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”)...more

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Regional Haze/Sierra Club Notice of Intent to Sue: Alleged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Failure to Make Statutory...

The Sierra Club submitted a February 7th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to File Suit Under the Clean Air Act for Failure to Make Statutory Completeness...more

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Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards/Clean Air Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S....

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent a February 2nd Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging a failure to: . . . complete a mandatory review of the...more

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Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells/Infrastructure Law: U.S. Department of Interior Announces Availability of $1.15 Billion in State...

The United States Department of Interior (“DOI”) announced that $1.15 billion is available to the states from the recently enacted Infrastructure Law for remediating orphaned oil and gas wells. The DOI announcement...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Maryland Concrete Pipe Manufacturer Enter into Consent Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Concrete Pipe and Precast, LLC (“CPP”) entered into a September 2nd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations under Clean Water Act stormwater...more

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Risk Evaluation/Toxic Substances Control Act: American Public Health Association Notice of Intent to Sue EPA Addressing Legacy...

The American Public Health Association and several other organizations and individuals (collectively “APHA”) sent a January 26th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) titled: Notice of...more

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Cadmium/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue for Alleged Violation of Section 7

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent a December 16th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for alleged violations of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Faulkner County...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and J’s Construction Company (“JCC”) entered into a May 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more

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California Files Challenge to Federal Decisions Governing Operation of California Water Projects

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The State of California recently sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue to the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior and concurrently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California...more

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Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: Environmental Organizations Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection...

The Waterkeeper Alliance and a number of other environmental organizations (collectively “Waterkeeper”) sent a February 13th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United...more

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Coal Combustion Residuals/RCRA: Earthjustice Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Alleged Failure to...

Earthjustice on behalf of a number of environmental organizations sent a February 7th letter to United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Andrew Wheeler styled...more

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Safe Drinking Water Act/National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Environmental Organizations Notice of Intent to Sue U.S....

Three environmental organizations sent a November 15th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging the failure to perform certain non-discretionary duties required by...more

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