Environmental Violations, Clean Air Act, State and Local Government

Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Grenada County Lumber Company Enter into Agreed Order

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/19/2025

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

Title V/Clean Air Act: Center for Biological Diversity Petition to Object Filed Addressing Weld County, Colorado Compressor...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/11/2025

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed an April 3rd Clean Air Act Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to DC Operating Company, LP for the...more

Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Meridian Rail Services Company Enter into Agreed Order

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/31/2025

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and CF Rail Services, LLC (“CF”) entered into a March 4th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Order No. 7458 25. The AO...more

Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Jonestown Cottonseed Oil Mill Owner Enter into Agreed Order

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/4/2025

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Cottonseed Co Op Corporation (“CCC”) entered into an October 25th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Title V Operating Permit. See Order No....more

Air Enforcement; Missouri Department of Natural Resources and West Plains Lumber Coating Facility Enter into Administrative Order...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/26/2025

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and AHF, L.L.C. d/b/a AHF of Pennsylvania, LLC (“AHF”) entered into a February 11th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of the Missouri...more

Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Malden Power Station Enter into Administrative Order on Consent

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/14/2025

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and the City of Malden d/b/a Malden Municipal Power and Light (“MMP&L”) entered into a January 15th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation...more

Odor/Air Enforcement: Massachusetts Attorney General Files Judicial Action Against Grafton Animal Feed Dehydrator Operation

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/14/2025

The Massachusetts Attorney General (“AG”) on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed on October 16th a civil action in the Superior Court alleging that: …Feedback Earth, Inc. (“Feedback Earth”) is generating...more

California AG Settles Alleged Violations of Engine Emission Control and Certification Requirements

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/26/2024

California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (the Board) have reached a $46 million agreement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. to settle alleged violations of California’s engine...more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 9.29.23

Allen Matkins on 10/2/2023

Macy’s has been ordered to pay $1.6 million for environmental violations across its 98 California stores to settle a lawsuit filed by district attorneys from 25 California counties and two city attorneys. Macy’s “illegally...more

Refrigerants/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Brook Park, Ohio, Recycling Facility Enter into Consent...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/30/2021

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and KB Trading, Inc. (“KB”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Air Act regulations addressing: ....more

Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Russellville...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/17/2020

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mahle Engine Components USA, Inc. (“Mahle”) entered into a March 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

EPA’s Partnership Policy Formally Delegates Primary Enforcement Implementation to State Agencies While Retaining Concurrent...

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 8/13/2019

On July 11, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) finalized its policy (the “Policy”) to defer environmental investigations and enforcement actions to authorized state agencies as the “primary implementer.”...more

Strange But True: Recent EPA and State Actions Show Breadth of Environmental Enforcement

Williams Mullen on 2/14/2018

A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more

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