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Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Order Denying Petition Objecting to Rochester, New Hampshire Solid...

The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an August 16th Order Denying a Petition Objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the Turnkey...more

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DEC Policy Addresses Projects in Disadvantaged Communities

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently issued a final policy titled Permitting and Disadvantaged Communities under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, DEP-24-1. The policy...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Petition to Object Filed Addressing Rochester, New Hampshire Solid Waste Facility Permit

Sixteen individuals (collectively, “Petitioners”) filed a February 9th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to Waste Management of New Hampshire,...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Beebe Enter Into...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Beebe, Arkansas, (“Beebe”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Clarksdale Class I Rubbish Site Enter into Agreed...

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, (“Clarksdale”) entered into a November 27th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Solid Waste Management...more

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Auto Dismantler Exemption/Solid Waste Permitting: Supreme Court of Oregon Addresses Applicability to Scrap Metal Recycling

The Supreme Court of Oregon (“S.Ct.”) addressed in a December 7th Opinion an issue involving the “Auto Dismantler Exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling, Inc....more

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Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Cuba Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Enter into Administrative Order...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Prairie Valley Disposal, Inc., (“Prairie Valley”) entered into an October 24th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of the Missouri...more

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Hazardous Waste Management Program Implementation Costs: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials...

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a November 2023 report titled: Hazardous Waste Management Program Implementation Costs Report (“Report”) - The Report was...more

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Alabama Landfill Local Approval Bill Passes

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A bill amending the Alabama Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act by specifying when local approval of solid waste disposal permit modifications is necessary has passed both houses of the Alabama Legislature...more

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94th Arkansas General Assembly/Environmental Licensing/Permitting Fees: Legislation Introduced Proposing Amendments

Senator Irvin introduced Senate Bill 288 which would make certain revisions to sections of the Arkansas statute addressing environmental licensing and permitting fees. The legislation also amends the statutory provision...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Decatur-Morgan County Sanitary Landfill Enter into...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and City of Decatur-Morgan County Sanitary Landfill (“Decatur”) entered into a January 27th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama...more

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Environmental Justice Update: New York Becomes Second State to Require EJ-Focused Cumulative Impact Analysis

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On New Year’s Eve, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s “Cumulative Impacts” bill into law, making New York the second state in the nation to require assessment of “cumulative impacts” affecting certain...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Selma Construction and Debris Landfill Enter into...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and the City of Selma C/D Landfill (“Selma”) entered into an August 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Solid Waste and Recyclable...more

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Landfill/Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Operator of Axis Industrial Landfill Enter...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and EcoSouth Services of Mobile, LLC (“EcoSouth Services”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a solid waste permit. See Consent...more

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Animal Waste Emissions from Large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: EPA, under the guns of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

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Introduction - Let me be Captain Obvious here. When the title is that long, the topic, including its context and history, is convoluted. Let’s start at the end, work our way toward the beginning, and come full circle. On...more

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Massachusetts Permitting Goes Online

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Finally catching up with many states that have made it possible to apply for and review permits online, Massachusetts’ Energy and Environmental Information Public Access System (EIPAS) went online last month, promising to...more

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K&L Gates Texas Environmental Legislative Review

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The 84th Texas Legislature ended June 1, 2015. This was the first legislative session under Republican Governor Greg Abbott, and while over 6,000 bills were filed, approximately 1,300 were enacted. For your review, we have...more

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