The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) issued a March 4th Abatement Order on Consent (“AOC”) to Jefferson County Public Sewer District (“Jefferson”). See Order No. 2019-WPCB-1579.
The AOC addresses an...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a March 12th Order a challenge to a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit...more
The United States Supreme Court granted a Petition for writ of certiorari in the 9th Circuit Decision Hawaii Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui, ____F. 3d____ (9th Cir., February 1, 2018).
The case involves whether, and to...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a February 8th news release stating that Fuel Bio One, LLC (“FBO”) had been sentenced for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act.
The Elizabeth, New Jersey,...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 22nd Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to IMI Tennessee, Inc., (“IMI”) for alleged violations of the Tennessee Water Quality Control...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on February 6th what it describes as an update to the federal agency’s Water Quality Trading Policy.
The document is titled:
Updating the Environmental...more
The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Redrock Energy, Inc. (“REI”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CA”) addressing an alleged violation of Section 311 of the...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and James Derek Black D/B/A Rope’m and Soap’em Car Wash (“RSCW”) entered into a January 16th Consent Order and Assessment (“COA”) addressing alleged violations...more
The California State Water Resources Control Board (“Board”) has scheduled a February 5th public hearing to discuss updates to the state’s:
Cannabis Policy -
Cannabis Cultivation General Order -
2016 California...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Lake View, Arkansas, (“Lake View”) entered into a January 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The United States Solicitor General (“SG”) filed a brief related to the Petitions for Writs of Certiorari addressing Ninth and Fourth Circuit decisions titled:
County of Maui, Hawaii, Petitioner v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund et...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Blue Springs Holding Company, LLC (“BSHC”) entered into a December 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on December 21st published a final updated Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria (“WQC”) recommendations for aluminum in freshwater under Section 304(a)(1) of...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Betty Hawkins Lemley d/b/a J&B Mobile Home Park (“J&B”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Concord Water and Sewer Public Facilities (“Concord”) entered into a December 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) has issued a renewed Stormwater Industrial General Permit (“IGP”).
The IGP is denominated ARR000000 and will be effective July 1, 2019....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 2018 publication titled:
Low Flow Statistics Tools – A How-To Handbook for NPDES Permit Writers (“Handbook”) -
See EPA-833-B-18-001.
EPA...more
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) submitted what is described as an “Overfile Request” to the Region 4 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) regarding a wastewater...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”)in federal court against the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (“Department”) alleging...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (collectively “EPA”) entered into an October 30th Consent Decree (“Decree”) with Evangeline Enterprises, LLC, (“EE”) to...more
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) submitted an October 29th letter to the Region 4 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requesting:
. . . initiate immediate...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a news release stating that the Criminal Investigation Section of the agency arrested Dean Garrett Domingue on two counts of knowingly disposing of...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Carthage, Arkansas (“Carthage”) entered into an August 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more
My law firm colleague Jordan Wimpy undertook a presentation at the October 4th Arkansas Environmental Federation Annual Conference titled:
Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require an NPDES Permit? (“Presentation”)...more
The City of San Bernardino, California and City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department (“Water Department”) and the Center for Biological Diversity and San Bernardino Audubon Society (collectively “CBD”) entered into an...more