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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Merit Energy Company, LLC (“Merit”) entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) and Twin Rivers Technologies (“TRT”) entered into a March 30th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. See No....more
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) circulated a draft template, dated April 8, 2025, to assist federal agencies in updating their procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC (“GP”) entered into a November 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
Three years after a massive spill at a Los Angeles wastewater facility sent millions of gallons of sewage into Santa Monica Bay, the city has agreed to spend more than $20 million on improvements to remedy the environmental...more
Wisconsin Attorney General (AG) Josh Kaul has announced an $85,000 settlement with the global food supply company Kerry, Inc. in relation to the company’s operation of a liquid smoke manufacturing facility....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Lowell, Arkansas Police Department (“Department”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and UTC Railcar Repair Services, LLC (“UTC”) entered into a January 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
Macy’s has been ordered to pay $1.6 million for environmental violations across its 98 California stores to settle a lawsuit filed by district attorneys from 25 California counties and two city attorneys. Macy’s “illegally...more
On Aug. 25, Colorado’s Legislative Interim Committee on Ozone Air Quality convened for its first of five planned meetings, primarily to discuss background information on Colorado’s ozone air quality issues. As defined by...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Triumph Airborne Structures, LLC, (“Triumph) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed on August 14th a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) against Twin Rivers Technologies, Inc., and Twin Rivers technologies...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Globe Metallurgical, Inc. (“GMI”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) in the United States District Court (Southern District of Ohio) addressing alleged Clean Air Act...more
A Colorado District Court (“Court”) (Gunnison County) Judge addressed motions filed by Wildearth Guardians and other environmental organizations alleging a violation of the Colorado Air Quality Control Act and C.R.S....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Moistureshield, Inc. (“Moistureshield”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
California becomes first state to test drinking water for microplastics - San Francisco Chronicle – September 7 - On Wednesday, California became the first state to begin requiring water agencies to test for microplastics,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Alliance Rubber Company (“Alliance”) entered into a March 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and PPG Industries, Inc. (“PPG”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wynne, Arkansas (“Wynne”), entered into a November 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“Commission”) and Hunt Southland Refining Company, LLC (“Hunt”) entered into a June 16th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Order No....more
The United States Department of Justice, on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and Stericycle Inc. (“Stericycle”) entered into a January 29th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of...more
If you are operating in a state where your governor has issued a stay at home order (NY, NJ, CT, CA, PA, IL, OH, MI, LA, DE, KY, WI) and you have been forced to suspend or shutdown some or all of your operations, it is...more
The Office of Air Quality (“OAQ”) of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Air Quality issued a news release announcing a new assistance program (“Program”) for facilities subject to permitting for...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc. (“AFCI”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) to address an alleged violation of the Alabama Air Regulations. See Consent Order...more
Focus - EPA will not approve labels that say Roundup chemical causes cancer - U.S. News & World Report – August 8 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this Thursday that it will not approve...more