Environmental Violations, Wastewater, NPDES

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Atkins Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/3/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Atkins, Arkansas entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Van Buren Wastewater...

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Van Buren Municipal Utilities (“Van Buren”) entered into a February 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/9/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Pinewood Wastewater, LLC (“Pinewood”) entered into an April 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County...

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

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bauxite, Arkansas entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of London Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/19/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of London, Arkansas entered into a February 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more

Generic Prohibitions/NPDES Permits/Water Quality Standards: United States Supreme Court Decides City/County of San Francisco v....

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/6/2025

The Supreme Court of the United States (“Court”) issued an Opinion on March 4th in the case styled: City and County of San Francisco, California v. Environmental Protection Agency. See No. 23-753....more

Wastewater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Jefferson County Coal Preparation Plant Enter into...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/21/2025

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Crimson Oak Grove Resources, LLC (“Crimson”) entered into a February 13th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the clean water act national...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hot Springs...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/19/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lakeside Gardens Horizontal Property Regime (“LG”) entered into a February 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

Citizen Suit Actions/Clean Water Act: Environmental Integrity Project Files Lawsuits Against Two Louisiana Petroleum Coke Plants

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

The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana against the following: RAIN CII CARBON, LLC. – Sulfur,...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Haskell...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/10/2025

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

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Jasper Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/13/2025

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

Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Heidelberg Petroleum Refinery Enter into Agreed Order

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/30/2024

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Hunt Southland Refining Company LLC (“Hunt”) entered into a November 18th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and U.S. Army Corps of...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/14/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) entered into a September 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more

Wastewater Enforcement; Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Utility Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/8/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Searcy Board of Public Utilities (“Searcy”) entered into an August 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

Wastewater Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Cook County Circuit Judge Addresses Illinois Attorney General Complaint Alleging...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/20/2024

A Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (“Court”) Judge addressed in a September 9th Order issues arising out of a Second Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) filed by the Illinois Attorney General (“AG”) filed against 401 Wabash...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Ozark Industrial...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/9/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tokai Carbon GE LLE (“Tokai”) entered into an August 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Non-Municipal Sewage...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/13/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Faulkner County POID (“FC”) entered into a May 15 Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing violations of a Clean Water...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality and Tunica Chemical Facility Enter into Agreed Order

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/12/2024

The Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Drexel Chemical Company (“Drexel”) entered into a May 16th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge...more

Nitrogen/Phosphorus: EarthJustice Administrative Challenge to West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant (Washington) NPDES Permit...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/11/2024

EarthJustice and Puget Soundkeeper (“EarthJustice”) filed a May 28th Notice of Appeal (“Notice”) before the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board challenging a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Greenbrier...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/16/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Greenbrier (“Greenbrier”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Alabama/Black Warrior Riverkeeper Judicial Action Addressing Alleged City of Tuscaloosa...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/17/2023

The State of Alabama and two environmental organizations filed a Complaint in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, against the City of Tuscaloosa alleging violations of the Clean Water Act. See Civil Action No....more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Wabbaseka...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/4/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) entered into a March 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) with the City of Wabbaseka, Arkansas (“Wabbaseka”). See LIS No....more

U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board: City of Rochester, New Hampshire, Petition for Review/Wastewater Treatment National...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/4/2023

The City of Rochester, New Hampshire, (“Rochester”) filed an April 19th document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) styled: Petition for Review of City of...more

Pretreatment Enforcement Discretion/Clean Water Act: Federal Court Addresses Massachusetts Water Utilities Motion to Dismiss

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/7/2023

The United States District Court of Massachusetts (“Court”) addressed in a February 17th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See Conservation Law Foundation,...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Hardy Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/27/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Hardy, Arkansas (“Hardy”) entered into a February 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

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