[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
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
EarthJustice and other environmental/community organizations have filed a joint Amici Curai Brief in the United States Supreme Court styled: City and County of San Francisco v. EPA (“Brief”). See Docket No. 23-753....more
The Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NWEA”) filed a September 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board challenging a Clean Water Act...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tokai Carbon GE LLE (“Tokai”) entered into an August 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Al’s Truck Stop of Malvern, Inc. (“Al’s”) entered into an April 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) filed the following before the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”): Petition to Withdraw North Carolina’s National Pollutant Discharge...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) entered into a February 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) with the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas addressing alleged...more
Various municipalities and public wastewater and stormwater utilities have filed a joint Amici Curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court Case styled: City and County of San Francisco v EPA...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 (“ADEQ”) and Faulkner County POID (“FC”) entered into a May 15 Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing violations of a Clean Water...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a July 2024 document titled: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Whole Effluent Toxicity Permit Writer’s Manual (“Manual”)....more
Part III Section D, Condition 10 of the RGI NPDES permit requires the submission of a complete permit renewal application at least 180 days prior to the expiration date of the permit if the activity regulated by the permit is...more
Five environmental organizations entered into a Joint Notice of Settlement (“Settlement”) with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”) in the United States District Court for the District of Florida. See...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of McRae, Arkansas entered into a June 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...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
As our understanding of the environment and anthropogenic impact grows, protection efforts increasingly spawn regulation. Media coverage of perceived harms to health and the environment and well-funded advocacy by...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Landers BCO, LLC (“Landers”) entered into a May 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Drexel Chemical Company (“Drexel”) entered into a May 16th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge...more
EarthJustice and Puget Soundkeeper (“EarthJustice”) filed a May 28th Notice of Appeal (“Notice”) before the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board challenging a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and City of Magnolia, Arkansas entered into a March 1st consent administrative order (“CAO”) addressing alleged Clean Water Act National...more
As predicted in February, our nation's highest court is about to hear its third Clean Water Act in four years. Anyone who doubts the outcome of this case hasn't read the other two Supreme Court opinions and that brings to...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Greenbrier (“Greenbrier”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and City of Gravette, Arkansas, entered into a February 21st Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing an alleged violation of...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Consolidated Catfish Companies, LLC (“CCC”) entered into a December 18th Agreed Order addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and Crowleys Ridge College ("Crowleys Ridge") entered into a February 20th Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing an...more