The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (“IDNR”) and Siouxland Energy Cooperative (“SEC”) entered into a March 27th Administrative Consent Order (“ACO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See No. 2023-AQ-09....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator issued a March 14th Order denying a Petition for Objection to Permit (“Order”) for a Waelz Sustainable Products, LLC, (“Waelz”) production facility in...more
The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) submitted March 28th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing its proposed rule to strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board ("Board") issued a proposed Technical Secretary's Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty ("Order") on March 15th to Hommel Concrete Company ("HCC"). See APC22-0192.
The Order...more
The United States Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (“Committee”) held a March 29th hearing titled:
The EPA Good Neighbor Rule: Healthier Air for Downwind States (“Hearing”)...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
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The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Carb-Rite Company, Inc. (“CRC”) entered into a February 28th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing violations of an air...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 10th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to the Town of Greenville, Tennessee. See Case No. APC21-0082.
The...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 15th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Hickory Valley Gin Company (“Hickory Valley”) addressing alleged...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a January 20th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”). See Case No. APC22-0175. ...more
As noted in a February 20th post several Requests for Hearings were filed before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) addressing an application seeking to modify a permit for an open-cut mining...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 15th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Environmental Trust Company d/b/a Meadow Branch Landfill (“ETC”) addressing...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) entered into a February 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) with Interfor U.S. Inc. (“Interfor”) addressing an alleged violation...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published on February 15th a final rule reaffirming its decision that it remains appropriate and necessary to regulate hazardous air pollutants (“HAP”) from power...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a January 26th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company (“KTCC”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Resolute El Dorado, Inc. (“Resolute”), entered into a January 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC (“Kinder Morgan”) entered into a Settlement to address alleged air permit violations. See SA-AE-22-073.
The Settlement...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on January 6th a proposed rule which will strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) for fine particulate matter..
EPA had...more
The Jefferson County, Alabama, Board of Health (“Health Department”) and Bluestone Coke, LLC, (“Bluestone”) entered into a December 9th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Case No.:...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Renegades Meat Processing LLC (“Renegades”) entered into a December 15th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an ADEM air regulation.
The...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and City Water, Light and Power of Springfield, Illinois (“CWL&P”) entered into an October 28th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Moistureshield, Inc. (“Moistureshield”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Nucor Corporation (“Nucor”) entered into a November 28th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”). See LIS No. 22-114.
The CAO...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has released a document titled:
2022 EPA Automotive Trends Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fuel Economy, and Technology Since 1975 (“Report”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) stated in a November16th letter that an oil refinery on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands may not resume operations without going through New Source Review (“NSR”)....more