Clean Water Act, Notice of Intent

Citizen Suit Action/ Clean Water Act: Environmental Defense Alliance Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/28/2025

Mr. David A. Ludder Transmitted a February 7th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to Sue Administrator under Clean Water Act §505(a)2,33U.S.C. §1365 (a)2....more

EPA Proposes New Stormwater Regulations for Three Boston Area Watersheds

Sullivan & Worcester on 11/27/2024

On October 31, 2024, Region 1 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), which covers the New England states, proposed sweeping new requirements to regulate stormwater discharges from certain commercial,...more

EPA Region 1 Doubles Down on Unprecedented Effort to Require Stormwater Permits for an Expansive Range of Formerly Unregulated...

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 11/19/2024

Key Takeaways - What Is Happening? On October 31, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 provided notice of two proposed actions pursuant to its “residual designation authority” (RDA) under the Clean...more

Striped Newt/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Center for Biological Diversity Issued Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/24/2024

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) transmitted a 60-day Notice of Intent To Sue (“NOI”) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).The alleged...more

PFAS Discharges: Environmental Justice Community Action Network and Roseboro, North Carolina Landfill Enter into Proposed Judicial...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/6/2024

The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) on behalf of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network filed a Proposed Judicial Consent Decree (“CD”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more

Title V/Clean Air Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addressing...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/14/2024

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an August 7th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to Sue Under the Clean Air Act for Failure to Issue or Deny a...more

Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Environmental Integrity Project Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/13/2024

The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) sent a May 2nd Clean Water Act Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to sue to the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for alleged violation of a nondiscretionary duty under that statute....more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/2/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tripp Property Clearing (“TPC”) entered into a January 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more

Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Baltimore, Maryland, Scrap Recycling Facility Enter into Consent...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/9/2024

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Berg Brothers Recycling, Inc. (“Berg Brothers”) entered into a January 31st Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act stormwater...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/2/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and East End Holdings, LLC (“East End”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Conway County...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/5/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Countryside Land & Cattle Co., LLC (“Countryside”) entered into a November 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Environmental Integrity Project Notice of Intent to Sue Newburgh, Indiana, Aluminum...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/20/2023

The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) on behalf of the Sierra Club sent a November 14th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to Warrick Newco Operations (“Warrick”) alleging violations of the Clean Water Act. The NOI...more

DOE Issues Proposed Rules to Accelerate Permitting and Enable More Rapid Deployment of Interstate Transmission Projects

Pierce Atwood LLP on 8/16/2023

On August 10, 2023, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NOPR”) proposing to establish an integrated Coordinated Interagency Transmission Authorizations Program (“CITAP Program”) that...more

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. Notice of Intent to Sue Birmingham, Alabama, Foundry...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/8/2023

The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc., and the Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (collectively, “Riverkeeper”) sent a July 14th Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to file a...more

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: City of Bentonville, Arkansas, Response to Friends of Little Sugar Creek Notice of...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/22/2023

A previous blog post referenced the Friends of Little Sugar Creek (“FOLSC”) transmittal of a Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to the City of Bentonville, Arkansas (“Bentonville”), alleging violations of the Clean Water Act....more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/15/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and White Oaks Storage LLC (“White Oaks”) entered into a March 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

Air/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Clean Air Council Notice of Intent to Sue Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Chemical Facility

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/10/2023

The Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project (collectively, “CAC”) sent a Clean Air Act Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) on February 2nd to the Shell Oil Company addressing its Shell Polymers Monaca Site...more

Mercury/Water Quality Standards: North Dakota Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/10/2022

The North Dakota Attorney General (“AG”) sent a document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue for Failure to Perform Nondiscretionary Duty under the Clean...more

Stormwater/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Conservation Law Foundation Notice of Intent to File Suit Against EPA Under the Clean Water...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/22/2022

The Conservation Law Foundation and Charles River Watershed Association (collectively, “CLF”) sent a July 13th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Violations and Intent...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

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Environmental Organizations Notice of Intent to Sue Related to Expansion of Mine Site

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/19/2022

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

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Black Warrior Riverkeeper Notice of Intent to Sue Birmingham, Alabama, Metal Finishing...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/12/2022

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

Endangered Species Act/Bullitt County (Kentucky) Transmission Pipeline: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/4/2022

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and Kentucky Resources Council (collectively “CBD”) sent a 60-day Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to Sue the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) and United States Army...more

Stormwater/Clean Water Act: Conservation Law Foundation Notice of Intent to Sue Several Northeast/Puerto Rico Scrap Facilities for...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/23/2021

The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) sent a December 20th letter to Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. and certain related entities (collectively “Schnitzer”) styled as: Notice of Violations and Intent to File Suit...more

Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Maryland Concrete Pipe Manufacturer Enter into Consent Agreement

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/28/2021

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Concrete Pipe and Precast, LLC (“CPP”) entered into a September 2nd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations under Clean Water Act stormwater...more

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