[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
The US Supreme Court held in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA that the US Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority under the Clean Water Act to include “end-result” limitations in National Pollutant Discharge...more
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana against the following: RAIN CII CARBON, LLC. – Sulfur,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Jasper, Arkansas entered into a December 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a July 11th Notice of Penalty Assessment and Order (“Order”) to I.S.S.C. Incorporated, dba Oregon Metal Services (“OMS”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Strong, Arkansas entered into a July 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) entered into a September 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Lockesburg, Arkansas entered in an August 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Coosa River Basin Initiative (“Initiative”) and City of Calhoun, Georgia (“Calhoun”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Civil Action No. 4:24-cv-00068-WMR. ...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of De Queen, Arkansas entered into a June 17th Consent Administrative Order addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water...more
On May 28, 2024, the Supreme Court announced that it would review a Clean Water Act (CWA) case brought by the City of San Francisco (“San Francisco” or “the City”) against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and M&S Properties, LLC (“M&S”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
We can now talk about the proverbial elephant in the PFAS room that has been lingering for a while. On April 19, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will list the so-called "forever chemicals"...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Caddo Properties, LLC (“Caddo”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc., and the Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (collectively, “Riverkeeper”) sent a July 14th Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to file a...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed an October 17th Complaint and Request for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas...more