The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a June 5th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Nissan North America, Inc. (“Nissan”) addressing alleged violations of an...more
The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) sent a June 10th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) providing comments on the federal agency’s FY 2025-2026 National Program Guidance...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and DFA Dairy Brands Ice Cream, LLC d/b/a Mayfield Ice Cream of Birmingham (“Mayfield”) entered into a May 21st Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Colorado Department of Health & Environment (“CDPH&E”) issued a June 6th Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order (“NOV”) to the Turquoise Connection, Inc. (“TCI”) addressing alleged violations of the Colorado Water...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Landers BCO, LLC (“Landers”) entered into a May 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Allowey Ahmed (“Ahmed”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of the...more
The Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Drexel Chemical Company (“Drexel”) entered into a May 16th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and K&M Excavating, LLC (“K&M”) entered into a May 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and City of Magnolia, Arkansas entered into a March 1st consent administrative order (“CAO”) addressing alleged Clean Water Act National...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a Proposed May 23rd Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Racetrac, Inc. (“Racetrac”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage...more
Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and National Cement Company of Alabama, Inc. ("National Cement") Enter Into Consent Order ("CO") addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Consent Order No....more
A complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arkansas against ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, LLC and Mobil Pipe Line Company (collectively, “Exxon”) addressing the 2013 release of oil from the...more
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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Stage Road Properties, Inc. (“Stage Road”) entered into a May 9th Settlement Agreement and Order (“Settlement Agreement”) addressing:
Alleged...more
A United States District (Connecticut) (“Court”) addressed in an April 28th Order an issue involving enforcement of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). See Zeil v. U.S. Department of Justice, 2024 WL 1330812....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 21st news release stating it had entered into a settlement with Navisun, LLC (“Navisun”).
Navisun is described as a solar energy company based in...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) and Hotel Memphis OPCO, L.P. (“Hotel Memphis”) entered into a May 13th Settlement Agreement and Order (“Settlement”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and American Iron and Metal (“American Iron”) entered into a May 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the regulations...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (“Goodyear”) entered into a May 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on May 15th a final rule that would revise the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) Consumer Confidence Report Rule (“CCRR”).
Consumer Confidence Reports are...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Systech Environmental Corp. (“STC”) entered into a February 22nd Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing the federal/Kansas hazardous waste...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Evonik Corporation (“EC”) entered into a May 8th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Consent Order No. 24-XXX-CAP.
The...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and M&S Properties, LLC (“M&S”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an April 15th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Peters Hollow Water System, Inc. (“Peters Hollow”). See Case No. DWS23-0189.
The...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Hinds County, Mississippi, entered into a January 29th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 49-17-29(2)(b). See Order No....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, LLC ("Flowers") entered into a February 14th Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing an...more