The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Acme Brick Company (“ABC”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Hankins Lumber Company Inc. (“Hankins”) entered into an April 30th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Order No. 7490 25....more
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 Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and W & W – Afco Steel LLC (“Afco”) entered into a May 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Certainteed Gypsum Manufacturing, Inc. (“CGM”) entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Nucor-Yamato Steel Company (“Nucor”) entered into a March 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and USG Interiors, LLC (“USG”) entered into a March 14th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Order No. 7466 25....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Industrial Iron Works, Inc. - Adams Fertilizer Equipment (“IIW”) entered into a February 27th Consent Administrative Order...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Consolidated Catfish Companies, LLC (“CCC”) entered into a December 18th Agreed Order addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant...more
Stuart Spencer undertook a February 4th presentation to my University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law Environmental Law class titled: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Overview and Air Quality Update...more
Affirmative defenses commonly relied upon by facility operators to avoid civil and administrative penalties for violations of air emissions limitations during periods of facility startup, shutdown or malfunction (“SSM”) may...more