The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) released an August 2024 report titled: Lessons Learned Addressing Contaminants of Emerging Concern at Federal Facility Cleanups...more
On March 18, 2024, we issued an alert addressing Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s (VDEQ’s) recently proposed Virginia Stormwater Management Handbook, Version 1.0 (Handbook). The proposed Handbook is available...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Alternative Waste Management, LLC (“AWM”) entered into a February 26 Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
In January 2024, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) released the Virginia Stormwater Management Handbook, Version 1.0 (Handbook). The Handbook provides guidance to implement construction stormwater...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) circulated a reminder that states: The 2023 Biennial Report module in RCRAInfo is now open to start capturing data....more
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
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
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
Virginia developers take note: changes to the Virginia stormwater construction permitting program have been made over the last few years, and more changes are expected in upcoming months. While navigating those changes,...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) released a report addressing a risk assessment screening tool titled: Human Health Risk Assessment Screening Tool for Atypical Risk...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
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has drafted new and revised guidance documents for the assessment and mitigation of vapor intrusion (VI) at properties undergoing reuse and redevelopment (Draft...more
Several individuals (collectively “Petitioners”) filed a Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (“Petition”) on April 14th before the Arkansas Commission on Pollution Control and Ecology (“Commission”)...more
A long-running dispute over a substantial civil penalty issued by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for violations of Oregon’s landfill closure requirements continued with the Oregon Court of Appeals’...more
Starting November 1, 2022, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will require applicants who are applying for a new registration, permit, or activity, or making certain changes to an existing registration, permit,...more
Virginia’s construction stormwater discharge permit program appears to be undergoing major transformation over the next six to nine months, and reception to these changes from stakeholders is likely to vary given the...more
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is poised to unleash in 2022 a flood of new stormwater-related regulatory actions and related procedural and technical guidance for development projects and...more
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
Ms. Penny M. Wilson, CPM, authored a March 25th memorandum submitted to the Arkansas Department to the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Hazardous Waste Generator email...more
On November 23, 2021, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Director of the Office of Compliance requested that TCEQ approve a proposed rulemaking intended to respond to a series of industrial events occurring over...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Southark Disposals Group, LLC (“Southark”) entered into a May 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...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
The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Court”) addressed in a January 7th opinion a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) closure issue. See State ex. rel. Regan v. Wasco, LLC, No. COA19-355, 2020 WL 63913 (N.C....more
The Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama (“Court”) addressed in an October 11th opinion a challenge to certain Alabama Department Environmental Management (“ADEM”) rules applicable to solid waste landfills. See Smith v. Lefleur,...more
The CA provides that ACS is an owner and operator of a facility (“Facility”) as those terms are defined in RCRA in Front Royal, Virginia. The Facility operates as an automobile coatings manufacturing facility. It is stated...more