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OECD Publishes Case Study on 2D Titanium Carbide MXenes 

On June 30, 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a report entitled 2D Titanium Carbide MXenes: Case Study Report on Advanced Materials. Within OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured...more

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Lessons From Dioxins And PCBS Inform Smarter PFAS Site Investigations

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Insights from decades of intense scrutiny of dioxins and PCBs in the environment, beginning in the 1960s, remain pertinent to our current challenges with PFAS. The lessons learned regarding detection and measurement,...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Springdale Baking Facility...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Newly Weds Foods, LLC (“NWF”) entered into a March 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing and alleged violation...more

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Trust Fund Deductible/Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order/Assessment...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a March 13th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Murphy Oil USA, Inc. (“Murphy Oil”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground...more

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Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and St. Charles Retail Motor Fuel Facility Enter into Administrative...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Mac’s Convenience Stores LLC (“Mac’s”) entered into a February 26th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of the Missouri Air...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Air Curtain Incinerator...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Abide Farms, LLC (“Abide”) entered into a February 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of...more

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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Carthage Aluminum Extrusion Facility

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a February 24th Technical Secretary’s Proposed Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Bonnell Aluminum, Inc. (“Bonnell”) addressing an alleged Air Permit violation....more

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

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

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

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

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Drinking Water Enforcement: Arkansas Drinking Water Update Publication Announces Enforcement Orders for Three Water Systems

The Fall 2024 edition of the publication Arkansas Drinking Water Update (“Update”) summarized Enforcement Orders that were issued for three Arkansas water systems. The Update is published by the Engineering Section of...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Director's Order and Assessment...

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

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

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

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Journey's End? Fifth Circuit Issues Splintered Decision in Important Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Case

The nine judges that finally coalesced over the decision of affirmance voted for two inconsistent judgments and provided no explanation for this result. The judges held that, under Laidlaw, civil penalties which must be...more

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Significant Changes to the Federal Environmental Sanctioning Administrative Process

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On September 20, 2024, the Brazilian government published Federal Decree No. 12,189/2024 (the “Decree”), significantly amending Federal Decree No. 6,514/2008, which provides for administrative penalties for environmental...more

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Ninth Circuit Issues Decision Upholding its Interpretation of “Discharged” for Clean Water Act NPDES Violations

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On November 20, 2023, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Idaho Conservation League v. Poe, No. 22-35978. Therein, the Court upheld its previous interpretation of “discharged” in the context of...more

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Ninth Circuit Issues Clean Water Act Opinion Addressing Indirect vs. Direct Discharge and Notice Requirements

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On November 21, 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Cottonwood Environmental Law Center vs. Edwards addressing various Clean Water Act issues. Its two key holdings were that (1) the district court...more

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DOJ to Stop “Piling On” and “Overfiling” Under Clean Water Act

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Is federalism alive and well? Has the federal government decided to give up “piling on” and “overfiling” in environmental enforcement actions? It seems so. On July 27, 2020, in an effort to promote federalism, U.S. Department...more

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