[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Little River County entered into a February 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Patrick J. Kelly Drums, Inc. (“PJKD”) entered into a February 27th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Document (“ASTSWMO”) has produced a document titled: Quick Reference Guide Community Considerate Cleanups (“Guide”)....more
In November 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") released its National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, a comprehensive plan with the goal of eliminating the release of plastic waste into the...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mississippi County Landfill (“MCL”) entered into a September 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
On April 17, 2024, the EPA signed a final rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund. The...more
Proposed rules would increase the stringency of Clean Air Act standards applicable to facilities that burn 250 tons or more of municipal solid waste per day. Among the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") latest...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Carter Off Road Park, LLC (“Carter”) entered into a November 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Court of Appeals of Arkansas (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a November 29th Opinion the Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management Districts’ (“ARSWMD”) ability to assess certain fees. See Benton County Regional Solid...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District Board of Directors (“Ozark”) entered into a June 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
Materials Covered by the Law SB 54 applies to single-use packaging that is routinely recycled, disposed of or discarded after its contents have been used or unpackaged. This includes items that are typically not refilled or...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the January 12th Federal Register a Request for Public Comment on the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (“NECIs”) it is proposing for fiscal...more
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
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
On December 5, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Georgia held that a total pollution exclusion (TPE) in a CGL policy relieved the insurer of any obligation to defend or indemnify a recycling company in a...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Perry County Associates, LLC (“PCA”) entered into a November 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code solid waste...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and AGROdeviate, LLC, (“AGROdeviate”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas General Assembly through Act 748 of 1991 established a tax credit program for facilities establishing or expanding processes that utilize recyclables. The recycling tax credit has been very beneficial to...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Riceland Foods, Inc. (“Riceland”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Parkin, Arkansas (“Parkin”) entered into a February 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
On April 29, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“NPC”) approved an amendment to the country’s solid waste statute. The revised solid waste law will take effect on September 1, 2020. The amendment...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has issued a new edition (January 2020) of its quarterly newsletter. DEQ describes the newsletter as providing...more
“Operation Pay Dirt” was a joint investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and the Suffolk County Police Department. It investigated...more
The Carroll County Solid Waste Authority (“Authority”) previously submitted a Petition to the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) to be designated the Carroll County Solid Waste District. The...more
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Moulton issued a Recommended Decision (“RD”) in the proceeding styled In the Matter of Carroll County Solid Waste...more