The Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. (“CLF”), and DATTCO, Inc. (“DATTCO”), entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Connecticut Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan provisions addressing...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 15th Order granting a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the Oak...more
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Regan (“Administrator”) in an October 12th letter responded to a Petition for Reconsideration submitted by the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) accepted pursuant to an October 15th letter an Administrative Complaint filed against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) by Lone Star Legal Aid...more
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael Regan announced on October 18th what is described as a “Comprehensive National Strategy to Confront PFAS Pollution” (“Strategy”).
The Strategy...more
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The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a Petition to Object (“Petition”) to Air Quality Permit No. 03069T36 for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued by the North Carolina Department of...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the City of New York and New York City Department of Education (“DOE”) entered into a September 27th Consent Judgment (“CJ”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air...more
The Council on Environmental Quality published in the October 7th Federal Register at Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”) to withdraw certain Trump Administration revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)...more
A United States District Court (D. Colorado) (“Court”) addressed in a September 30th Order an issue arising in a Clean Air Act citizen suit related to a coal mine. See WildEarth Guardians, et al. v. Mountain Coal Company, and...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on September 30th a memorandum (“2021 Memorandum”) titled:
Withdrawal of the October 9, 2020, Memorandum Addressing Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunctions in...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Michigan entered into a September 9th Consent Decree (“CD”) with Arbor Hills Energy, LLC (“AHE”)...more
The Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project, and Natural Resources Defense Council (collectively “Sierra Club”) filed a September 9th citizen suit Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief (“Complaint”) against the...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and AHF, LLC (“AHF”), entered into a July 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit....more
Earthjustice submitted an August 24th Petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) asking that it make an endangerment finding under Section 231 of the Clean Air Act in regards to aviation gasoline...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) addressed in an August 20th Opinion whether a federal court had the authority to order injunctive relief for past violations of the Clean Air Act....more
The Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club (collectively “Petitioners”) filed a July 22nd Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator related...more
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) sent a July 19th letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Rules urging support for an amendment (“Amendment 18”) to the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a June 25th Project Notification titled:
Overdue Residual Risk and Technology Reviews (“Notification”) -
The...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) stated that it will initiate rulemaking in 2021 to amend the national volatile organic compound (“VOC”) emission standards for the Aerosol Coatings category under...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) in a June 21st Opinion interpreted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) or (“Superfund”) phrase...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a June 14th report titled:
EPA Has Reduced its Backlog of State Implementation Plans Submitted Prior to 2013 but...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a June 10th news release that it will reconsider the Trump Administration’s decision to retain the particulate matter (“PM”) Clean Air Act National...more
The United States Department of Justice and the State of Indiana (collectively “DOJ”) entered into a June 3rd Consent Decree (“CD”) with Lone Star Industries, Inc., (“LSI”) addressing alleged Clean Air Act violations. See...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a May 21st news release stating that Roger Osterhoudt pleaded guilty to negligently releases asbestos which violated the Clean Air Act.
Mr. Osterhoudt is stated to...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 10th Order responding to a Petition (“Petition”) requesting objection to the issuance of Title V Operating Permits for the Colton...more