Effective May 2024, EPA tightened the annual health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from 12.0 µg/m3 to 9.0 µg/m3. This change was made after a review of the available...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) issued on February 12th a Proposed Administrative Order (“AO”) to Dodson Oil Co. of Fayette, Inc (“Dodson”) alleging violations of certain Alabama environmental...more
In early 2020, the Alabama Environmental Management Commission promulgated rules establishing procedures by which the Department of Environmental Management will regulate land application of eligible non-hazardous by-product...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management can finally breathe a sigh of relief, as the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion today affirming the U.S. EPA’s January 11, 2017 decision not to...more
Southwestern Indiana Citizens for Quality of Life, Inc. and Valley Watch, Inc. (collectively “Petitioners”) filed a July 11th Petition for Administrative Review (“Petition”) challenging the Indiana Department of Environmental...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s Air Division recently issued a revised version of its long-standing guidance document “Emissions Test Protocol and Test Report Requirements.”...more