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Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Meridian Sand/Clay Mine Operator Enter into Agreed...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/30/2025

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Cullum Construction, LLC (“CC”) entered into a June 25th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act Stormwater Permit. See Order No....more

One of EPA’s First Attempts to Implement San Franscico v. EPA: Modifications to EPA’s 2022 Construction General Permit

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 4/29/2025

Key Takeaways - What Happened? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final modification to its 2022 Construction General Permit (CGP) to expand the list of areas eligible for coverage to include...more

Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Tupelo Construction Project Owner Enter into Agreed...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/28/2025

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and JS, LLC (“JS”) entered into a February 19th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Construction Stormwater General Permit. See Order No. 7459...more

EPA Proposes Updated General Clean Water Act Industrial and Construction Permits (Updated)

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 4/21/2025

Key Takeaways - What Happened? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the 2026 version of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) MSGP for stormwater discharges associated with...more

Maine DEP Issues New Maine Construction General Permit

Verrill on 2/20/2025

On January 14, 2025, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) issued a new Maine Construction General Permit (“MCGP”). The new permit replaces the prior 2006 MCGP, which expired and had been administratively...more

Stormwater Construction Permit(s)/An Overview: Jordan Wimpy (Mitchell Williams) Arkansas Bar Association Mid-Year Presentation

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/7/2025

My colleague, Jordan Wimpy, undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Bar association Mid-Year Conference titled: Stormwater Construction Permit(s): An Overview (“Presentation”)....more

EPA Proposes Updated General Clean Water Act Industrial and Construction Permits

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 2/5/2025

Update: On February 3, 2025, EPA extended the comment period on the 2026 Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) to April 4, 2025....more

Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Damascus...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/4/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Newrays One, LLC (“Newrays”) entered into a December 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more

EPA Proposes Updated General Clean Water Act NPDES and Construction Permits

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 1/10/2025

2026 MSGP - EPA released its proposed 2026 MSGP, which authorizes stormwater discharges associated with industrial activities in jurisdictions where EPA is the NPDES permitting authority, including Massachusetts, New...more

Dear YouDig? What's Up Dock?

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 3/7/2023

Dear YouDig?, We bought a gorgeous waterfront lot on the shores of Lake Erie near the adventurous Lake Erie Islands. We love being on the water and we love boating so naturally we wanted our own dock and breakwall. Turns...more

Construction/Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Garland...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/7/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Omni Home Builders at Diamondhead Resort Community, LLC (“Omni”) entered into a may 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) Section 404 Permit Application Public Notice: Miller County, Arkansas Project

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/25/2018

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) (“Corps”) issued a May 23rd public notice referencing a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act applies to...more

An Examination of Federal Permitting Processes: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform/Subcommittee on the...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/20/2018

The United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (“Committee”) held a hearing on March 15th titled: An Examination of Federal Permitting Processes ...more

Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits Reissued: Permit Streamlining Remains Intact

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/19/2017

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) on Jan. 6, 2017, published a final rule reissuing its Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits (NWPs) with some modifications (88 Fed. Reg. 1860). The NWP program authorizes streamlined...more

Federal Agencies Announce Steps to Expedite Reviews of Infrastructure Projects

WilmerHale on 9/23/2015

On September 22, the Administration announced two new policies that will facilitate a more transparent and efficient permitting and review process for complex infrastructure projects. First, federal agencies announced...more

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