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Several individuals (collectively “Petitioners”) filed a Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (“Petition”) on April 14th before the Arkansas Commission on Pollution Control and Ecology (“Commission”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a September 30th Opinion a challenge to a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)...more
The Ballard Spahr Zoning and Land Use Team is continuing to monitor all aspects of the Philadelphia land use approval process during the COVID-19 emergency, including the issuance of zoning and building permits, regulation of...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Marvell, Arkansas (“Marvel”) entered into a December 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged...more
On Monday, EPA issued an Interpretive Statement concluding that point source discharges to groundwater are never subject to NPDES permitting requirements. EPA did a good job marshalling its arguments – much better than this...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Concord Water and Sewer Public Facilities (“Concord”) entered into a December 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
Mr. Russell McLaren undertook a presentation at the October 4th Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention titled: “How to Ace an Inspection” (Presentation) - Mr. McLaren serves as Entergy’s ARES Water Lead....more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Carthage, Arkansas (“Carthage”) entered into an August 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Kensett, Arkansas (“Kensett”) entered into a September 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service (“NPS”) entered into an August 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Sheridan White Rock, Inc. (“SWRI”) entered into a July 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and 24MW, LLC (“24”) entered into a June 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and MAPCO Express, Inc., (“MEI”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Mountain View, Arkansas (“Mountain View”) entered into an April 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Turrell, Arkansas, (“Turrell”) entered into an April 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and City of Oak Grove Heights, Arkansas (“City”) entered into an April 5th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
C & H Hog Farms, Inc. (C & H) has filed responses to certain Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) motions in its appeal of the agency’s denial of a Regulation 5 permit for its sow-farrowing facility in Newton...more
Reviving a federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”) lawsuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that that an indirect discharge – such as a discharge to ground water – may fall within the scope of the CWA, if the...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the Mountain Top Suburban Improvement District No. 66 (“District”) entered into a February 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
On February 1, 2018, the Ninth Circuit ruled in Hawai’i Wildlife Fund v. City of Maui that contamination that is discharged into the ground and later escapes through groundwater migration into a navigable waterway requires a...more
The North Carolina Chamber hosted its annual Environmental Compliance Conference on February 1, 2018, in Durham. North Carolina leaders were on hand to provide updates and advice on environmental compliance regarding air,...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Lonoke County Property Owners’ Multipurpose Improvement District No. 12 Mount Lake II Phase III Wastewater Treatment Plant (“District”) entered into a February...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a February 20 Federal Register Notice requesting comments on the agency’s previous statements regarding the Clean Water Act and: . . . whether pollutant...more