The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a November 14th decision a challenge to a Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) permit issued by the Texas Commission on...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Jet Asphalt & Rock Company, Inc. (“Jet Asphalt”) entered into an October 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Town of Montrose, Arkansas, (“Montrose”) entered into an October 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...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
11/9/2023
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Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Funding ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Inspections ,
Permits ,
RCRA ,
Solid Waste ,
Waste Management
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Drew Foam Companies, Inc. (“Drew”) entered into an October 16th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and The Bryce Company, LLC (“Bryce”) entered into an October 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
11/7/2023
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Air Pollution ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Manufacturers ,
Permits ,
Product Packaging ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and D.R. Horton, Inc. (“D.R. Horton”) issued a September 20th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Mississippi Code provisions addressing stormwater...more
The State of Oregon conducted an air curtain incinerator (“ACI”) emission testing project (“Project”) in the Spring of 2023.
The results of the Project were released on October 24th by the Oregon Department of...more
As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States...more
10/26/2023
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Declaratory Relief ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Status Reports ,
Summary Judgment
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Ducommun Labarge Technologies, Inc. (“DLT”) entered into a September 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lyons Contracting, LLC (“Lyons”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Maly Constructions, LLC (“MC”) entered into a September 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and GPS Gin Company, Inc. (“GPS”) entered into a September 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more
Three Requests for Hearing and Adjudicatory Review (“Requests”) were filed before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) challenging a nonmunicipal domestic wastewater treatment facility discharge...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Lexa, Arkansas, (“Lexa”) entered into a September 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Delek Logistics Operating, LLC, (“Delek”) entered into a September 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Crider Aircraft Painting, Inc., (“CAP”) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Lonoke County Property Owners’ Multipurpose Improvement District No. 12 (“MID”) entered into a July 10th Consent Administrative Order...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 Triumph Airborne Structures, LLC, (“Triumph) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
As noted in April 19th and April 18th blogs, the Mayor of Tontitown and certain individuals (collectively, “Petitioners’) filed separate requests for an Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review before the Arkansas Pollution...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Riceland Foods, Inc. (“Riceland”) entered into a May 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
9/11/2023
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Arkansas ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Effluent Limitations ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Food Processing ,
NPDES ,
Wastewater
The Environmental Integrity Project and Port Arthur Community Action Network (collectively, “EIP”) filed a document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator styled:
Petition to...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an August 23rd news release summarizing the results of a whistleblower investigation that it undertook regarding the North Dakota Department of Environmental...more
Mena Short Stop, LLC, (“Mena Short Stop”) filed before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) on August 18th a Motion to Dismiss without Prejudice (“Motion”) a previously submitted Request for...more