Permits, Noncompliance

Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Chambers County Strandboard Manufacturing Facility Enter into...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/6/2024

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and West Fraser US EWP LLC (“West Fraser”) entered into a November 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Consent Order No....more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hot Springs Aircraft...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/13/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Triumph Airborne Structures, LLC, (“Triumph) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

Pretreatment Enforcement Discretion/Clean Water Act: Federal Court Addresses Massachusetts Water Utilities Motion to Dismiss

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/7/2023

The United States District Court of Massachusetts (“Court”) addressed in a February 17th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See Conservation Law Foundation,...more

NPDES Permits/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Association of Clean Water Administrators Announce Reduction...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/7/2022

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) announced in separate documents that there has been a major improvement in compliance with Clean Water Act...more

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Compliance Initiative/Clean Water Act: Reducing Significant Non-Compliance with...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/25/2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a September 2020 Compliance Advisory titled: National Compliance Initiative: Reducing Significant Non-Compliance with National Pollutant Discharge...more

Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Jefferson County Military...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/14/2020

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the U.S. Army, Pine Bluff Arsenal (“the Arsenal”) entered into an August 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more