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Oregon’s Extended Producer Responsibility Law: Registration & Reporting Deadline Extended to April 30, 2025

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If your business is a brand owner that controls the manufacturing of its products, operates in the packaged goods space, or influences the retail or shipping packaging of products, you may be subject to state-specific...more

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Oregon’s Plastic Pollution & Recycling ‎Modernization Act (RMA): A Guide for ‎Businesses

On July 1, 2025, Oregon’s Plastic Pollution & Recycling Modernization Act (RMA) will significantly change the state’s recycling system. The RMA places responsibility on “producers” to fund and manage the recycling process for...more

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2022 Triennial Review/Arkansas Water Quality Standards: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency March 27th Letter Approving 2022...

The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) sent a March 27th letter to Stacie Wassell, Associate Director for the Office of Water Quality at the Arkansas Department of Energy and...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bauxite, Arkansas entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Randolph County...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Northeast Arkansas Public Water Authority (“NAPWA”) entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) alleging a...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Springdale Baking Facility...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Newly Weds Foods, LLC (“NWF”) entered into a March 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing and alleged violation...more

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Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: Oregon Legislation Introduced Addressing Surface Emissions Monitoring Requirements

Senate Bill 726 has been introduced into the 83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly which would address municipal solid waste landfills. The Bill would require the owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill to...more

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Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a January 8th news release announcing that it will hold stakeholder meetings across Arkansas: …for better understanding...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Camden...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and the City of Camden, Arkansas entered into an August 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas...more

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Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality/Office of Water Quality Update: Stacie Wassell (Deputy Associate Director) Arkansas...

Ms. Stacie Wassell undertook a presentation on October 6th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention titled: Office of Water Quality Update (“Presentation”) - Ms. Wassell serves as the Deputy Associate Director...more

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Exception Reporting/Hazardous Waste Generator: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a guidance/reminder document addressing a section of Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) Rule No....more

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Environmental Due Diligence Requires Reporting of Oil Contamination to the Maryland Department of the Environment

In a significant regulatory change that will impact real property transactions and loan financings, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) joins a handful of states that requires the reporting of historical...more

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Implements Changes to Compliance History Rules

Rule change may have impact on permitting, reporting and enforcement for sites dealing with emergencies. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has adopted changes to compliance history rules that would...more

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Planning for Resiliency and Sustainability in a Changing Climate: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management...

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) announced the publication of an April 2022 report titled: Planning for Resiliency and Sustainability in a Changing Climate (“Report”) ...more

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Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Quarterly Newsletter: January 2020

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

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Generator Improvements Rule/Definition of Solid Waste Revision: Penny J. Wilson (Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality)...

Penny J. Wilson undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar that addressed two topics related to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”): Generator Improvements...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and City of Mountain Pine Enter into Consent Administrative...

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and City of Mountain Pine, Arkansas, (“City”) entered into an April 5th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more

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C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (Newton County, Arkansas) Request for Adjudicatory Hearing of Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality...

C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C&H”) filed a January 18th Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (“Request”) challenging the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) denial of an application for a...more

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Big River Steel, LLC (Osceola, Ark.) Title V Permit Challenge: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency October 31st Order Denying...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator issued an October 31st Order responding to a 2013 Petition from Nucor Steel – Arkansas and Nucor-Yamato Steel Company (collectively, “Nucor”) objecting...more

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Beware Environmental Regulations Lurking in Local Codes – Such as the Wellhead Protection Program

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Most companies know that the environmental impacts of their operations are regulated by the federal government (primarily the US Environmental Protection Agency) and various state governments (in Oregon, primarily the Oregon...more

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