I undertook an Arkansas Environmental Federation webinar held by the organization’s Land and Sustainability Committee on May 20th titled:
Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments: 2020-2021...more
5/27/2021
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Fuchs Lubricants Co. (“Fuchs”) entered into an April 28th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and D.E. Jones, Inc., (“DEJI”) entered into an April 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and US Ecology Sulligent, Inc. (“US Ecology”) entered into a March 24th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of provisions of the ADEM Administrative...more
A United States District Court (N.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in an April 22nd Order whether the statute of limitations (“SOL”) barred a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) citizen suit action. See Clarke v. Pacific Gas & Electric...more
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (“Court”), in a March 26th Opinion addressed issues involving a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action, 42 U.S.C. §...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an Environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more
4/26/2021
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressed in a December 4, 2020, letter a request for a regulatory determination on hazardous waste generator activities associated with polymerization (“POLYM”) as a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Perfection Industries, Inc. (“PII”) entered into a March 18th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Michigan rules...more
A March 30th blog item was posted addressing a United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) report titled:
EPA Does Not Consistently Monitor Hazardous Waste Units Closed with...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a March 29th report titled:
EPA Does Not Consistently Monitor Hazardous Waste Units Closed with Waste in Place or Track...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Elm Plating Company (“EPC”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Aphena Pharma Solutions – Maryland, LLC (“APS”) entered into a February 16th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing certain alleged violations of the Maryland...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and a number of other environmental organizations submitted a February 8th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) titled:
Petition for Rulemaking...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Western Illinois University (“Western”) entered into a February 11th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Illinois...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and American Leakless Company LLC (“ALC”) entered into a November 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama regulations related to...more
The Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the Attorney General (“AG”) issued a January 15th news release announcing indictments of a Virginia whiskey distillery for alleged violations of the Virginia Water Control Law. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a January 19th Federal Register Notice requesting comments on guidance relating to the No Migration Variance (“NMV”) petition process. See 86 Fed. Reg. 5190....more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and LG Electronics USA, Inc. (“LG”) entered into a January 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code addressing...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Timber Automation, LLC (“TA”) entered into a December 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a December 1st proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Methodist Healthcare – Memphis Hospitals (“MHMH”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued a December 1st news release stating that a copper-processing company had been charged with three felony counts alleging violations of the...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and American Leakless Company LLC (“ALC”) entered into a November 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of Alabama hazardous waste regulations. See...more
The United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued a November 19th news release stating that James Moss (“Moss”) of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge to 18 months in federal...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and C. Hager & Sons Hinge Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“C. Hager”) entered into an October 21st Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama...more