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The Current and Future Landscapes of EPA Criminal and Civil Enforcement
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In a significant victory for environmental advocacy groups, the Supreme Court’s refusal on June 30, 2025 to grant certiorari in two pivotal cases (Port of Tacoma, et al. v. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and ExxonMobil Corp., et...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) entered into a January 16th Consent Decree (“CD”) with the operators of the Oasis Mobile Home Park (“Park”) for...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 17th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
On January 17, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $9.5 million settlement with Stericycle, Inc. for Hazardous Waste Management Violations. The settlement resolves...more
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
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) for alleged violations of the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act and relevant rules. See Case...more
On December 17, 2024, President Biden signed into law the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024 (Public Law No. 118-155) (the “Act”). The Act is a response to ongoing environmental...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC (“GP”) entered into a November 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
It’s been more tricks than treats this season for restaurants located in California. In the past few weeks, there have been over 100 California Proposition 65 60-day notices of intent to sue issued on behalf of claimant...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long conducted inspections to assess the efficacy of companies’ environmental compliance programs. However, under the EPA’s Climate Enforcement and Compliance...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 17th memorandum addressing: Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy (“Memorandum”) ...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and J-Square, Inc. (“J-Square”) entered into an April 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Jefferson Farmers Cooperative (“JFC”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Western Foods Delta Region (“Western”) entered into a March 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Performance Proppants, LLC (“PPL”) entered into a January 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Envirapac Monticello, LLC (“EML”) entered into a January 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Royal Oak Enterprises, LLC (“Royal Oak”) entered into a December 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Samsand, LLC (“Samsand”) entered into a June 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a May 31st Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (“UT”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Southern Bakeries, LLC (“Southern”) entered into a September 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Lake Village, Arkansas (“Lake Village”) entered into an April 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
Recent legislation in California may increase legal costs, make settlements more difficult, and risk confidential business information being released to the public. The Public Right to Know Act of 2022 seeks to prohibit...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “Agency”) sent a Memorandum to all governmental and private sector partners titled “COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance...more
The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every segment of the economy and government, including environmental compliance and regulation. As a result, state and federal regulatory agencies are...more