The Fall 2024 edition of the publication Arkansas Drinking Water Update (“Update”) summarized Enforcement Orders that were issued for three Arkansas water systems.
The Update is published by the Engineering Section of...more
2/6/2025
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC (“Vorteq”) entered into a January 22nd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery...more
2/5/2025
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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Newrays One, LLC (“Newrays”) entered into a December 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more
2/4/2025
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”) entered into a January 15th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean...more
2/3/2025
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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Oltmans Development, Inc. (“ODI”) entered into a December 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
1/27/2025
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in IMMCO Diagnostics (“ID”) entered into an October 3 expedited settlement agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 17th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
1/24/2025
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The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Natureplex entered into a May 3rd Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit. See Order No. 7323 24.
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1/20/2025
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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC (“Cameron”) entered into a settlement agreement (“SA”) addressing violations of the Louisiana Air regulations....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Jasper, Arkansas entered into a December 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
1/13/2025
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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) for alleged violations of the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act and relevant rules. See Case...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Griswold Industries (“GI”) entered into a January 3rd Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and City of Selma entered into a December 11th Special Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violations of a Solid Waste Disposal Permit. See Order No....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lexicon, Inc. (“LI”) entered into a November 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Hunt Southland Refining Company LLC (“Hunt”) entered into a November 18th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued on November 15th a Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“OA”) to Tradebe Treatment and Recycling of Tennessee, LLC (“TTRT”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and DTE Electric Company (“DTE”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of Clean Water Act National Pollutant...more
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Glenwood Enter Into Consent Administrative Order -
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment –...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of England, Arkansas entered into a November 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a December 16th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Cymer-Dayton, LLC (“CD”). See Case No. HWM 24-0022.
The Order provides that CD conducts...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Scotch and Gulf Lumber, LLC (“Scotch”) entered into a December 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Air Act Title V Major Source...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and HOS Port, LLC (“HOS”) entered into an October 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an October 29th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Om Ganganath, Inc. (“OGI”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Town of Gloster, Mississippi entered into a July 8th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Sanford Stone, LLC (“Sanford”) entered into a November 8th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more