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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Settlement Agreements Environmental Violations

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Kermit, West Virginia, Storage Tank Operator Enter into...

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

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and McLaughlin, South Dakota, Facility Enter into Expedited...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Farmer’s Union Oil of McLaughlin (“Farmer’s”) entered into a January 6th Expedited Settlement Agreement (‘ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the underground...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Sterling, Kansas, Oilfield Chemical Manufacturer Enter into...

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

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Frederick, Maryland, Training and Shooting Center Enter into...

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

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Coal Combustion Residuals Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Tecumseh, Kansas Power Plant Operator Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a November 9th news release stating that it had reached a Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. (“Evergy”) to address alleged violations of the Coal...more

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112(r)(1)/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Arlington, Massachusetts, Arena/Ice Skating Rink Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Town of Arlington, Massachusetts (“Arlington”), entered into a January 19th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of Section...more

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Heightened Risk to the Regulated Community: U.S. EPA Overfiling

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In what could portend significant risk to the regulated community, a recent “overfiling” by U.S. EPA in connection with a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and a...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Middleton, Delaware, Operator Enter into Expedited Settlement...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and SNEH Enterprises LLC and VIRU Enterprises LLC (collectively “Enterprises”) entered into a January 4th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged...more

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Sewage Sludge/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Liberty, Missouri, Enter into Expedited...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the City of Liberty, Missouri, (“Liberty”) entered into a July 12th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged Clean Water Act (“CWA”) violation....more

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Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Summerville, South Carolina, Concrete Block Manufacturing...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Van Smith Block Company, LLC (“VSBC”) entered into an Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act Industrial...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Village Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Village of Oak Park, Illinois (“Oak Park”) entered into a January 8th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”). See R5-UST-21-001-AC. The ESA addresses an...more

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DOJ Defers to States for CWA Enforcement

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The threat of EPA administrative action often drives industry to consider quick, administrative settlements with state or local environmental agencies for even the slightest environmental violations. Unless the Biden...more

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SPCC Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Tank Battery Operator Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gary Davis Oil, LLC, (“GDO”) entered into an Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Spill Prevention, Control...more

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Supplemental Environmental Project/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Watertown...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Moody & Associates, Inc., d/b/a Technical Plating (“Moody”) entered into a Settlement Agreement and Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of...more

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SPCC Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Ashland, Virginia Facility Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and HPT TA Properties Trust (“HPT”) entered into an August 6th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Oil Pollution Prevention...more

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DOJ to Stop “Piling On” and “Overfiling” Under Clean Water Act

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Is federalism alive and well? Has the federal government decided to give up “piling on” and “overfiling” in environmental enforcement actions? It seems so. On July 27, 2020, in an effort to promote federalism, U.S. Department...more

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VOC Emissions from Upstream Oil and Gas Operations: EPA Kicks Off 2020 Clean Air Enforcement with Two Significant Settlements

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Last week, the EPA announced two significant settlements for violations of the Clean Air Act relating to emissions of volatile organic compounds (“VOCs”) from upstream oil and gas production facilities. These enforcement...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank Owner Enter...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Pocono Gas Stations Inc. (“PGSI”) entered into a December 30th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Department...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Walpole, Massachusetts Development Enter into Expedited...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Wall Street Development Corporation (“Wall Street”) entered into a November 27th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) to address alleged violations of certain...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and FedEx Freight, Inc. Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and FedEx Freight, Inc. (“FedEx”) entered into a June 10th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the federal Underground Storage Tank (“UST”)...more

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FIFRA Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Fordyce, Nebraska, Cooperative Enter into Expedited Settlement...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Fordyce Farmers Non-Stock Cooperative (“FFNC”) entered into an April 3rd Expedited Settlement and Final Order (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the...more

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Underground Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Columbia, Maryland, Petroleum Bulk Plant Operator...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Bedford Valley Petroleum Corporation (“Bedford”) entered into a March 14th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the federal...more

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Target and Whole Foods Settle Over Hazardous Waste Mismanagement

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On December 5, 2018, the Minnesota-based Target Corp. store chain settled with a coalition of California governmental entities for $7.4 million, which included enhanced environmental compliance measures and injunctive...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Wapato, Washington Facility Enter into Expedited Settlement...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency and McClarin Plastics d/b/a Amtech, LLC (“MPA”) entered into an August 22nd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the federal Resource...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Topeka, Kansas Tank Operator Enter into Expedited Settlement...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Heartland Park (“HP”) entered into a June 25th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the federal underground storage tank (“UST”)...more

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