The Environmental Action Project on behalf of Food & Water Watch (“F&W”) filed a November 15th Clean Air Act citizen suit action in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, against the Allegheny County...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and DBG Conway (“DBG”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 12th news release indicating it had entered into a Consent Agreement with Hamm Inc. (“HI”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. ...more
12/20/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Air Act Violations ,
Consent Agreements ,
Corrective Actions ,
Drones ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Investigations ,
Landfills ,
Methane
A United States District Court (W.D. Washington) (“Court”) addressed in a December 8th Order a request by Defendants Bobby Wolford Trucking & Salvage, Inc. (“Wolford Trucking”) and Karl Frederick Klock Pacific Bison, LLC...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Wedington Mine, LLC (“Wedington”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
12/19/2023
/ Administrative Consent Order (ACO) ,
Arkansas ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Violations ,
Mining ,
Notice of Intent ,
Permits ,
Pollution Control ,
Reclamation
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a November 22nd proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Diamond Investment LLC (“DI”). See Case No. UST23-0151.
The Order provides that DI is the...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Plasman ALA, LLC (“Plasman”) entered into a November 1st Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code addressing the...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 Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a November 9th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to OM SAI RAM 1, LLC (“OM”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank...more
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
/ Administrative Consent Order (ACO) ,
Air Pollution ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Manufacturers ,
Permits ,
Product Packaging ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (“EGLE”) entered into an October 19th First Material Modification to the Consent Decree (“Modified Consent...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an October 12th news release addressing Ultium Cells LLC (“UC”).
UC is described as a Warren, Ohio, battery cell manufacturing plant....more
The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment issued on October 3rd to Zimmerman Metals, Inc. (“Zimmerman”) a document styled:
Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order/Order for Civil Penalty (“NOV”)...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 Attorney General for the District of Columbia (“AG”) and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”) entered into a First Amendment to Consent Decree (“Amended Decree”) addressing alleged releases of hazardous substances....more
10/13/2023
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Decrees ,
Contamination ,
Electricity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Groundwater ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Public Utility ,
Soil ,
Water ,
Water Pollution
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a September 27th news release stating that the United States Department of Justice filed a Complaint in United States District Court (Brookland, New York)...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Mid-South Steel Products, Inc., (“Mid-South”) entered into a September 1st Administrative Order on Consent (“Order”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit....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 Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Buckshot Speedway, LLC, (“Buckshot”) entered into an August 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code encompassing...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
/ Administrative Consent Order (ACO) ,
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 Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed on August 14th a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) against Twin Rivers Technologies, Inc., and Twin Rivers technologies...more
9/11/2023
/ Air Quality Standards ,
Citizen Suits ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Air Act Violations ,
Clean Water Act ,
Declaratory Relief ,
Effluent Limitations ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Violations ,
Injunctive Relief ,
NPDES ,
Operational Permits ,
Storm Water ,
Title V
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”), State of New York and Frieslandcampina Ingredients (“FI”) entered into an August 2nd Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of federal and New York air and water...more
8/17/2023
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Air Act ,
Consent ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
New York ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Title V ,
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) ,
Wastewater
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and United States Army, Pine Bluff Arsenal (“U.S.”) entered into a July 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing actions...more