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Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Willow Island, West Virginia Industrial Coatings Manufacturer Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Allnex USA Inc. (“Allnex”) entered into a June 11th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Docket No. CAA-03-2025-0036....more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Malvern Brick Manufacturing...

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

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Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and East Alton, Illinois Brass/Bronze Production Plant Enter into Consent...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Wieland Rolled Products (“WRP”) entered into a June 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act New Source...more

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Environmental Criminal Enforcement/Clean Air Act: Erie, Pennsylvania Coke Manufacturing Plant Owner Guilty Plea

The United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Pennsylvania issued a June 20th news release stating that Erie Coke Corporation (“ECC”) has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts related to alleged criminal...more

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Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Portland, Oregon Electroplating Facility Enter into Consent Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and East Side Plating, Inc. (“ESP”) entered into a March 13th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Docket No. CAA-10-2024-0040....more

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Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Bay St. Louis Activated Carbon Manufacturing Facility Enter...

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Calgon Carbon Corporation (“Calgon”) entered into a May 12th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Order No. 7491 25....more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Howard County Gypsum...

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

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Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Calhoun County Fiber/Particleboard Manufacturing Facility...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Kronospan, LLC (“Kronospan”) entered into a May 28th Consent Order (“Order”) addressing an alleged violation of the Alabama Air regulations. See Consent Order...more

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Release Reporting/CERCLA Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Morganfield, Kentucky Medical Device Design...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Vibracoustic USA, Inc. (“VUI”) entered into an April 21st Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more

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Air/Wastewater Enforcement/Citizen Suit Action: Conservation Law Foundation and Quincy, Massachusetts Bio-based Chemical...

The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) and Twin Rivers Technologies (“TRT”) entered into a March 30th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. See No....more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Tracy, California Glass Container Manufacturing Facility...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (“OB”) entered into an April 8th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more

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Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Greenville Building Components Manufacturer Enter into Agreed...

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

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Efficiency Standards Enforcement: California Energy Commission and City of Industry Computer Manufacturer Enter into Settlement...

The California Energy Commission (“CEC”) and Sceptre, Inc. (“SI”) entered into an March 24th Settlement Agreement and Release (“Settlement”) addressing alleged violations of Appliance Efficiency Regulations at California Code...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Huntsville Circuit Board Manufacturing Facility...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Sanmina Corporation (“SC”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Hazardous Waste Regulations. See Consent Order No....more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Marshall County Specialty Tank Manufacturer Enter...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Pinnacle Manufacturing, LLC (“Pinnacle”) entered into a March 5th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Hazardous Waste regulations....more

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Wisconsin AG Resolves Investigation Into Alleged Violation of State Air Laws With $85K Settlement

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Wisconsin Attorney General (AG) Josh Kaul has announced an $85,000 settlement with the global food supply company Kerry, Inc. in relation to the company’s operation of a liquid smoke manufacturing facility....more

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Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile County Chemical Manufacturing Plant Enter into Consent...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Evonik Corporation (“EC”) entered into a May 8th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Consent Order No. 24-XXX-CAP. The...more

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Air Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Calcasieu Parish Styrene Manufacturing Facility Enter into...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Westlake Styrene, LLC (“Westlake”) entered into an October 18th Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See SA-AE-23-0032. ...more

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PFAS Manufacturers Continue to Pay Massive Claims But Do They Have Enough Money to Pay Them All?

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Bloomberg is reporting that 3M and the two companies responsible for the liability of what used to be DuPont have agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the City of Rome, Georgia for the cost of engineering...more

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Williams Mullen Manufacturing Edge: Environmental Enforcement in the Current Regulatory Climate

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THE MATTERS DESCRIBED IN THIS VIDEO ARE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MATTERS HANDLED BY THE FIRM. MATTER RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH MATTER. NOT ALL MATTER RESULTS ARE PROVIDED. MATTER RESULTS DO NOT...more

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Important Amendments To TSCA Chemical Data Reporting Rule And New Reporting Deadline

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The EPA recently amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule, including revisions to reporting requirements, definition updates and an extension of the 2020 CDR submission period. The...more

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Viral Threat Emerges to the Vehicle Aftermarket Parts Industry

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The pre-pandemic portion of 2020 saw continued vigorous enforcement by EPA of Clean Air Act “defeat device” provisions against the vehicle aftermarket parts industry, including manufacturers and installers, as well as the...more

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Manufacturer Alert - The Environmental Impact of a Suspension or Shut Down in Operations

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If you are operating in a state where your governor has issued a stay at home order (NY, NJ, CT, CA, PA, IL, OH, MI, LA, DE, KY, WI) and you have been forced to suspend or shutdown some or all of your operations, it is...more

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Environmental Closure Costs Are Covered! (And Are Not Ordinary Costs of Doing Business)

Insurers have recently argued that environmental property damage claims for “closure” costs arising out of historic pollution are not covered, because the claimed damages are just “ordinary costs of doing business.”...more

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The Environmental Black Swan: What Manufacturers Don’t Know They Don’t Know

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Regardless of what side of the political fence you reside on and regardless of whether under this current administration you believe environmental enforcement has taken a holiday, the fact remains that most manufacturers...more

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