The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Norphlet, Arkansas (“Norphlet”) entered into an April 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and HSNC, Inc. d/b/a Village Springs Health and Rehabilitation (“Village Springs”) entered into an April 26th Consent Administrative...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and TA Operating, LLC, d/b/a Earle Travel Center (“TA Operating”) entered into an April 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...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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Clean Water Act ,
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
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Motion to Dismiss ,
NPDES ,
Pollution Control ,
State and Local Government
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism (“Parks”) entered into a March 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lake Hamilton School District No. 5 (“Lake Hamilton”) entered into a March 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (‘DEQ”) and City of Mountainburg, Arkansas, (“Mountainburg”) entered into a March 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a February 18th Opinion a challenge to the issuance by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) of two Clean Water Act National...more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) submitted April 26th comments to Region 1 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing its draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Shannon Hills, Arkansas (“Shannon Hills”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
5/5/2022
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Arkansas ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Water Act ,
Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement ,
Noncompliance ,
NPDES ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tri-City Utilities, Inc. (“Tri-City”) entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
5/3/2022
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Arkansas ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Water Act ,
Compliance ,
Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement ,
NPDES ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court (“Eastern District –...more
4/28/2022
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Arkansas ,
Clean Water Act ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Infringement ,
Memorandum of Agreement ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
NPDES ,
Pollution Control
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Acme Brick Company (“Acme”) entered into a March 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
Several environmental organizations sent the following document to Rosemont Copper Company (“Rosemont”) on April 14th:
60-Day Notice of Intent to Bring Citizen Suit for Rosemont Copper Company’s Violations of the Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Albermarle Corporation-South Plant (“Albermarle”) entered into a March 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Maryland Legislature passed House Bill 649 (“HB 649”) addressing Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permits....more
Black Warrior Riverkeeper sent on March 22, 2022, a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) pursuant to the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Water Act to Kamtek Inc. (“Kamtek”) for alleged violations.
Kamtek is stated...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and SamSand, LLC , (“SamSand”) entered into a March 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a...more
A number of water quality organizations in coordination with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) developed a March 2022 report titled:
Navigating the NPDES Permitting Process for Water Reuse...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and the City of Booneville, Arkansas, ("Booneville") entered into a March 8th Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Faulkner County Public Facility Board (“Board”) – d/b/a Preston Community Wastewater Utility entered into a February 17th Consent...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Coosa Riverkeeper, Inc., (“CRI”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court (Northern District of Alabama) against Newcastle Homes, Inc. (“Newcastle”) alleging...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Hadden’s Place Utility Operating Company, LLC (“Hadden’s”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Hot Springs entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Memphis District) (“Corps”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order...more