The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an August 20th Project Notification titled:
Post-Closure Care at Hazardous Waste Units Closed with Waste in Place...more
The Environmental Integrity Project and Environmental Advocates sent an August 7th Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to Phillips 66 Company (“Phillips”) alleging violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more
The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a July 25th news release stating it had awarded $167,888 to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) that would...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Milliken & Company (“MC”) entered into a July 9th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing an alleged violation of the South Carolina regulations related to the...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Stella Jones Corporation (“SJC”) entered into a June 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Aerostar Industries, Inc. (“Aerostar”) entered into a June 12th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Code related to hazardous...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Clean Earth of Alabama, Inc. (“Clean Earth”) entered into a May 30 Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Alabama Hazardous Waste...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) issued a June 13 decision addressing a Petition for Review of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) permit related to a...more
Used Oil/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Chattanooga, Tennessee Regional Medical Center Enter into Consent Order
The Tennessee Department of Environment and...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Clean Harbors El Dorado, LLC (“Clean Harbors”) entered into a May 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of
Arkansas Pollution...more
A United States District Court (Western District of Washington) addressed the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) request for access to real property in King County, Washington to undertake certain...more
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (“DTSC“) is proposing to include photovoltaic modules (“PV”) on the list of hazardous wastes eligible to be managed as universal waste.
PV modules are commonly...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 21st letter addressed a request to determine whether certain discarded carpet that a company plans to process into fuel would be considered a solid waste...more
The Court of Appeals of Indiana “Court“ in an April 18th opinion addressed a zoning question associated with a cement kiln’s desire to utilize liquid waste derived fuels (“LWDF”). See Essroc Cement Corp v. Clark County Board...more
The American Chemistry Council (“ACC”) referenced in a April 17th news release the availability of a Center for the Polyurethanes Industry TDI Emission Calculator (“TDI Calculator”).
The TDI Calculator is described as a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”)....more
4/30/2019
/ Audubon Society ,
Clean Water Act ,
Clean Water Rule ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Navigable Waters ,
Notice and Comment ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Rescission ,
Trump Administration ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
he Appeals Court of Massachusetts (“Appellate Court”) addressed in an April 12th opinion whether a malpractice action against a former engineering firm and its owner was barred by the statute of limitations. See Cedar Crest...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”)....more
4/26/2019
/ Barack Obama ,
Clean Water Act ,
Comment Period ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Jurisdiction ,
NPDES ,
Proposed Amendments ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
I undertook a presentation on April 17th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled:
Solid and Hazardous Waste Judicial/Regulatory Developments: 2018 – 2019 -
The discussion addressed...more
4/23/2019
/ CERCLA ,
Coal ,
Drones ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHMSA ,
RCRA ,
Recycling ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Solid Waste ,
Superfund ,
Waste Management
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Armtec Countermeasures Co. (“ACC”) entered into a March 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control &...more
This Presentation addresses two of the issues relevant to the solid waste management industry associated with Arkansas’s enactment of the Medical Marijuana Amendment (“AMMA”):
- Employee issues associated with the legal use...more
4/2/2019
/ Administrative Authority ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Dispensaries ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Pesticides ,
Popular ,
Safe Drug Disposal ,
Solid Waste ,
Waste Disposal
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) announced in a March 19th news release that it was reorganizing the Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste Management programs.
The rationale for the reorganization is to:
...more
A United States District Court (E.D. Louisiana) (“Court”) addressed in a March 11th Order an affirmative defense raised in opposition to a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit enforcement action. See...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a February 25th revised Project Notification titled:
Impact of Toxic Release Inventory Late Reporters on EPA’s Annual TRI...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a February 14th news release stating that Gary Alfred Sayers and his company, Electro-Plating Services Inc. (“EPSI”) pleaded guilty to a felony charge of illegal storage...more