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The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination.  The CWA seeks to... more +
The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination.  The CWA seeks to accomplish its stated goals by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, assisting wastewater treatment facilities and maintaining wetlands. less -
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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Atkins Enter...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Atkins, Arkansas entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more

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Pretreatment Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Attala County Dairy Processing Facility Enter into...

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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

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Van Buren Wastewater...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Van Buren Municipal Utilities (“Van Buren”) entered into a February 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Pinewood Wastewater, LLC (“Pinewood”) entered into an April 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bauxite, Arkansas entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of London Enter...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of London, Arkansas entered into a February 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more

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Generic Prohibitions/NPDES Permits/Water Quality Standards: United States Supreme Court Decides City/County of San Francisco v....

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The Supreme Court of the United States (“Court”) issued an Opinion on March 4th in the case styled: City and County of San Francisco, California v. Environmental Protection Agency. See No. 23-753....more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Jefferson County Coal Preparation Plant Enter into...

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The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Crimson Oak Grove Resources, LLC (“Crimson”) entered into a February 13th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the clean water act national...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hot Springs...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lakeside Gardens Horizontal Property Regime (“LG”) entered into a February 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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Citizen Suit Actions/Clean Water Act: Environmental Integrity Project Files Lawsuits Against Two Louisiana Petroleum Coke Plants

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The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana against the following: RAIN CII CARBON, LLC. – Sulfur,...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Haskell...

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

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Pretreatment/Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Olive Branch Pharmaceutical Manufacturing...

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The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Natureplex entered into a May 3rd Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit. See Order No. 7323 24. The AO...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Jasper Enter...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Jasper, Arkansas entered into a December 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Heidelberg Petroleum Refinery Enter into Agreed Order

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The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Hunt Southland Refining Company LLC (“Hunt”) entered into a November 18th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more

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Pretreatment Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Hattiesburg Soft Drink Manufacturer...

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The Mississippi Committee on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Wis-Pak of Hattiesburg, LLC (“Wis-Pak”) entered into an October 5th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit....more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and U.S. Army Corps of...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) entered into a September 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more

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Wastewater Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Cook County Circuit Judge Addresses Illinois Attorney General Complaint Alleging...

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A Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (“Court”) Judge addressed in a September 9th Order issues arising out of a Second Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) filed by the Illinois Attorney General (“AG”) filed against 401 Wabash...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Ozark Industrial...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tokai Carbon GE LLE (“Tokai”) entered into an August 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Non-Municipal Sewage...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Faulkner County POID (“FC”) entered into a May 15 Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing violations of a Clean Water...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality and Tunica Chemical Facility Enter into Agreed Order

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The Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Drexel Chemical Company (“Drexel”) entered into a May 16th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge...more

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Nitrogen/Phosphorus: EarthJustice Administrative Challenge to West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant (Washington) NPDES Permit...

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EarthJustice and Puget Soundkeeper (“EarthJustice”) filed a May 28th Notice of Appeal (“Notice”) before the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board challenging a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Greenbrier...

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The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Greenbrier (“Greenbrier”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

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Pretreatment/Clean Water Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Decatur Soybean Processing/Oil Refinery...

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The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Bunge North America (“BNA”) entered into a November 8th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act State Indirect Discharge (“SID”)...more

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Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Alabama/Black Warrior Riverkeeper Judicial Action Addressing Alleged City of Tuscaloosa...

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The State of Alabama and two environmental organizations filed a Complaint in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, against the City of Tuscaloosa alleging violations of the Clean Water Act. See Civil Action No....more

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Pretreatment Enforcement Discretion/Clean Water Act: Federal Court Addresses Massachusetts Water Utilities Motion to Dismiss

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The United States District Court of Massachusetts (“Court”) addressed in a February 17th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See Conservation Law Foundation,...more

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