The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation (“Cargill”) entered into an August 18th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing an alleged violation of the federal Emergency...more
The United States House of Representatives’ Adrian Smith (Nebraska) and Nikki Budzinski (Illinois) introduced legislation titled:
Ethanol for America Act (“Ethanol Act”)....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published on August 22nd an Interim Final Rule/Request for Comment providing for the temporary use of incineration units subject to commercial and industrial solid...more
The Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Integrity Project, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club (collectively, “EDF”) filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit an...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and City of Dallas, Oregon entered into a July 25th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Air Act. See DOCKET NO....more
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a July 30th report titled:
Persistent Chemicals: Information on EPA’s Analysis of Costs for its PFAS Drinking Water Regulation (“Report”)....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a document titled:
Requirements and Best Practices for the Collection and Analysis of Samples for the PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation...more
The Open Space Institute (“OPS”) has issued a report titled:
Protecting Land for Water Quality: Strategies for State Nonpoint Source Management Programs (2025) (“Report”)....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressed in a June 23rd Interpretive Letter a request for a non-waste determination under the non-hazardous secondary material (“NHSM”) rule in 40 CFR part 241....more
The trade association Energy Marketers of America (“EMA”) (formerly, Petroleum Association of America) submitted August 6 comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing:
Establishment of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) filed a Complaint and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing (“Complaint”) against Unitek Solvent Services, Inc. (“Unitek”) on August 6th alleging violations of the Hawaii...more
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued an August 11 report titled:
Water Infrastructure Resilience: Agencies Could Better Assess Efforts to Assist Communities Vulnerable to Natural Disasters...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and JEFFL, Inc. (“JEFFL”) entered into a July 24th Brownfield Agreement Order (“BAO”). See Order No. 7533 25.
The BAO addresses a tract of land located in...more
The Energy Marketers Association of America (formerly PMAA, “EMA”) submitted July 29th comments to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) in response to its stakeholder feedback solicitation on...more
The Association of State And Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) has issued a June 2025 document titled:
ASTSWMO 2025 HAZARDOUS WASTE FUNDING FACT SHEET (“Fact Sheet”)....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a July 28th report titled:
Evaluation of the EPA’s Implementation of the Underground Injection Control Class VI Well...more
Earthjustice submitted a July 28th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled:
Petition for Emergency Action under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300i and 42 U.S.C. §...more
7/31/2025
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issue a July 22nd document titled:
Memorandum Supporting Proposed Decision to Approve Registration for the Uses of Dicamba on Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton and...more
7/29/2025
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Nevada Tri Partners, LLC (“NTP”), and Damonte Ranch Commerce Center, LLC (“Damonte”) entered into a July 1st Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing...more
7/28/2025
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The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a June 27th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA”) related to the Anschutz Equus Farms...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Oxbow Greenwood, LLC (“OG”) entered into a July 3rd Agreed Order 9 (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Order No. 7520 25....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gallade Chemical, Inc. (“GCI”) entered into a July 11th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations implementing...more
7/22/2025
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Waterkeeper Alliance, Lake Eerie Waterkeeper, and Food & Water Watch (collectively, “Waterkeeper”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (“Court”) against the United States...more
The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City and the Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland (collectively, “Petitioners”) filed on July 8th before the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Shemas Iron Works (“SIW”) entered into a June 30th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No.:...more
7/18/2025
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