The landscape of coastal real estate development in North Carolina has undergone a seismic shift following major regulatory changes over the last few years. For developers eyeing coastal properties, understanding the...more
The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) sent a March 27th letter to Stacie Wassell, Associate Director for the Office of Water Quality at the Arkansas Department of Energy and...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) published a public notice on December 9th stating that the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) initiated...more
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (“Court”) addressed in an August 15th Opinion a Clean Water Act jurisdictional question. See United States v. Chameleon, LLC, No. 3:23-CV-763–HEH, 2024 WL...more
A United States District Court (W.D. Texas, “Court”) addressed in a June 11th Decision issues arising out of a Clean Water Act citizen suit enforcement action. See Ragsdale v. JLM Construction Services, Inc. 2024 WL 2933009. ...more
Co-Author Jordan Wimpy The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) transmitted a letter to the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) addressing the State’s...more
The third major development of 2023 for defining "Waters of the United States" ("WOTUS") has arrived. First, in early 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the United States Army Corps of...more
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“VDEQ”) issued a June 29th memorandum describing the actions it will take to protect the state’s wetlands and streams in light of the United States Supreme Court May 25th...more
This is a brief roundup of recent federal court environmental and regulatory law decisions from the federal courts over the past few months, including the much anticipated ruling in Sackett, et ux., v, Environmental...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Pleasant Oaks Sewer Improvement District #31 (“Pleasant Oaks”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”). See LIS No....more
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, on November 6, 2020, introduced a proposed Protected Surface Water Program, which would regulate certain state surface waters that are newly excluded from the regulatory scope...more
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I undertook a presentation at the May 9th SEMO-NEARK annual meeting in Norfork, Arkansas, titled: Environmental Issues Impacting Arkansas/Missouri Municipal Utilities (“Presentation”) The Presentation focused on a...more
The United States Supreme Court will hear a case this term to decide whether provisions of the Clean Water Act ("CWA") impose liability on activities that discharge pollutants through groundwater that ultimately reach surface...more