The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a July 22nd Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Henry Oil Company (“Henry”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage...more
7/30/2025
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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Hounds’ Hideaway Rogers, LLC (“Hounds”) entered into an April 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
7/29/2025
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The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Raughton Holdings LLC (“RH”) entered into a July 7th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing violations of the ADEM Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge...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 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 Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and River Cement Company d/b/a Buzzi Unicem USA (“RCC”) entered into a July 7th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit....more
7/17/2025
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The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a June 6th Petition to Object addressing the Bonanza Explorations’, Inc. Clean Air Act Title V Permit renewal.’
The Petition objects to the renewal of a Title V Operating...more
7/17/2025
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The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Industrial Plating CO., Inc. (“IP”) entered into July 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Hazardous Waste Regulations. See...more
The Association of State And Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) released a position paper titled:
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUPERFUND CLEANUP PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS (“Position Paper”)....more
7/11/2025
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The Appellate Court of Maryland (“App. Ct.”) addressed in a June 27th Opinion issues arising out of alleged mold exposure. See Candace McCarthy v. Board of Commissioners for Frederick County, Maryland, 2025 WL 1778818....more
7/8/2025
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The Subcommittee on Environment of the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held a June 26th Hearing titled:
A Decade Later: A Review of Congressional Action, Environmental Protection...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and East Side Jersey Dairy Inc. (“ESJD”) entered into an April 30th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit...more
Metroplan announces on June 27th that its Board of Directors had approved an Energy and Environment Innovation Comprehensive Action Plan (“Plan”). Metroplan states that the plan will be released for public comment starting...more
The Natural Resources Defense Council and National Consumer Law Center (collectively, “NRDC”) have released a June 2025 report titled:
TURN ON THE TAP: INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN WATER AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS THROUGH DATA...more
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Commission (“NRC”) has released the 2024 Groundwater Protection and Management Report (“Report”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Oil and Gas Commission (“Commission”) addressed an application for the establishment of a lithium compensation structure for Saltwerx, LLC (“Saltwerx”)....more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Quickrete Companies, LLC (“QC”) entered into a May 12th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See No APCP-2025-026....more
The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”), on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, sent a June 17th Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to various entities stated to be associated with...more
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (“NARUC”) has issued a report titled:
Long-Term Planning among Regulated Natural Gas Utilities: A Review of State Requirements (“Report”)....more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Hankins Lumber Company Inc. (“Hankins”) entered into an April 30th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Order No. 7490 25....more
6/19/2025
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The National Municipal Stormwater Alliance (“NMSA”) submitted April 4th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing the proposed Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...more
6/19/2025
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The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and AMVAC Chemical Corporation (“AMVAC”) entered into a June 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of ADEM Admin. Code Div. 14. See Consent Order...more
6/18/2025
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The Environmental Integrity Project and Kentucky Resources Council (collectively, “EIP”) filed a June 9th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a May 30th news release stating that it has:
…certified the state’s first pollutant reduction credits under its Water Quality Trading (“WQT”) program — a...more
The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) and Cornell University issued a report titled:
Driving Loss Reduction Through State-Created Residual Insurance Markets (“Report”)....more