The United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (collectively “EPA”) announced that they are developing a rule to amend the final “revised definition of waters...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) announced the release of a document titled:
PFAS Cost of State Transactions Study (“PCoSTS”)
The PCoSTS is a model adapted from the organization’s...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 2023 document titled: Report on the Second Five-Year Review of EPA’s Recreational Water Quality Criteria (“Report”) EPA states that the Report constitutes...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Town of Wesson, Mississippi (“Wesson”) entered into a May 5th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant...more
As previously noted in April 18th and April 19th blog posts, the Mayor of Tontitown and certain individuals filed separate (two) Requests for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (collectively, “Petitions”) before the...more
A combined 82 Senators and Members of the United States House of Representatives sent a May 22nd letter to United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan addressing certain aspects of EPA’s proposed...more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a prepublication notice of a policy titled:
Mitigation Policy and Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy (“Revised Policy”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” issued an April 2023 report titled:
Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (“Report”) -
The Report was prepared by EPA’s Office of Resource...more
The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) submitted March 28th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing its proposed rule to strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality...more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a prepublication notice designating critical habitat for the Pearl darter under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).
The Service is designating approximately...more
The Environmental Crimes Section (“ECS”) of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Environment and Natural Resources Division (“NRD”) issued revisions to its Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy which was issued in 1991...more
3/20/2023
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As noted in a February 20th post several Requests for Hearings were filed before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) addressing an application seeking to modify a permit for an open-cut mining...more
The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued in a January 25th news release its:
2022 Year in Review (“Review”)...more
The United States Climate Alliance (“Alliance”) has published a December 22 document titled:
Enabling Industrial Decarbonization – A Policy Guidebook for U.S. States (“Guidebook”)...more
The City of Baltimore, Maryland, filed a November 21st Complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against five cigarette manufacturers and a distributor in regard to alleged losses/costs associated with tobacco product...more
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted November 3rd comments on a Memorandum United States Environmental Protection Agency (“ EPA”) issued on April 5th titled:
Accelerating Nutrient Pollution...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) published a final rule in the October 21st Federal Register that would clarify/codify the federal Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”) Toxics...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an August 2022 Enforcement Alert (“EA”) titled:
Stationary Engines Cause Excess Emissions in Communities Across the Country...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a September 15th memorandum titled:
Further Revisions to Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies Following Discussions with Corporate Crime Advisory Group...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) exercise certain Clean Water Act residual designation authorities to address stormwater discharges in three Massachusetts watersheds.
The designations were...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the Spring 2022 Semiannual Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (“Agenda”) in an August 8th federal register notice. See 87 Fed. Reg. 48332...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Producers Rice Mill, Inc. (“Producers”) entered into a July 6th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Order No. 7201 22. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 9th memorandum titled:
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Gulf Hypoxia Program FY 22 Guidance for State Cooperative Agreements (“Guidance”) ...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
5/25/2022
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Greenwood Motor Lines d/b/a R+L Carriers (“Greenwood”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the...more