Permits, Enforcement, Discharge of Pollutants

Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Heidelberg Petroleum Refinery Enter into Agreed Order

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/30/2024

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Hunt Southland Refining Company LLC (“Hunt”) entered into a November 18th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more

EPA's Most Recent Draft NPDES General Permit Could Earn It Another Trip to the Supreme Court

Mintz on 11/4/2024

Sam Hess of Inside EPA and many others are writing about EPA's Halloween Trick or Treat – the publication of a draft Clean Water Act NPDES General Permit that would apply to “commercial, industrial and institutional”...more

Stormwater Enforcement: Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/28/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Arkansas and Missouri Railroad Company (“AMRC”) entered into a February 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more

No-discharge Permit Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and National Park...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/12/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and National Park Service (“NPS”) entered into a January 2nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and U.S. Army Corps of...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/3/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Memphis District) (“Corps”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order...more

What Is the Burden In Proving a Violation of a Stormwater Permit? If It Walks Like a Stormwater Discharge …

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 8/15/2013

Those of us who do NPDES work know that enforcement, including citizen enforcement, against industrial point sources can often be all to straightforward. The plaintiff marches into court with a pile of the defendant’s...more