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McGlinchey Stafford

EPA Grants Two-Year Extension on Coke Oven Air Toxics Compliance Following Industry Input

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially extended key compliance deadlines for air toxics standards affecting steel-sector coke oven operations, reflecting industry concerns about the feasibility of...more

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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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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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Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Sullivan Aluminum Parts Processing Facility Enter into...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Huggins Metal Finishing, Inc. (“Huggins”) entered into an April 22nd Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See No....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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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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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and DeWitt Farm Equipment...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Industrial Iron Works, Inc. - Adams Fertilizer Equipment (“IIW”) entered into a February 27th Consent Administrative Order...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Order Denying Objection to Warrick County, Indiana Aluminum Production...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued an October 9th Order denying a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V operating permit (“Permit”) for the Warrick Newco LLC...more

Alston & Bird

PFAS Primer Quarterly Update: 2024 Q3 – Setting the PFAS Standard

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In the latest edition of the PFAS Primer Quarterly Update, our roundup of regulatory, litigation, and scientific actions involving PFAS, the EPA delays PFAS reporting, a compostable case won’t degrade, and Illinois keeps an...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

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

Alston & Bird

EPA’s New Rule Primes the Pump to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Emissions by 2032

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group unpacks the Environmental Protection Agency’s strict new standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light- and medium-duty vehicles by 2032....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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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Plastic Package...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and The Bryce Company, LLC (“Bryce”) entered into an October 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

Williams Mullen

Final NESHAP for Metal Coating Manufacturers Triggers Initial Performance Tests and Control Technology

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EPA recently revised the national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants for certain coating manufacturers. The result is new performance tests and controls for existing affected sources adding metal hazardous air...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

New North Carolina Executive Order Aims to Increase Percentage Zero-Emission Trucks & Buses Purchased in the State

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A new Executive Order by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper aims to accelerate the state’s shift to zero-emission trucks and buses. The Executive Order aims to increase the availability of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty...more

Cozen O'Connor

AG Bonta Secures $25 Million Settlement with Bosch for Alleged Role in Diesel Emissions Scandal

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California AG Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have reached a settlement with German multinational engineering electronics company Robert Bosch LLC and its parent company (collectively, “Bosch”) to...more

K&L Gates LLP

The $363 Million Dollar Question: Are Your Ethylene Oxide Emissions a Litigation Target?

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On 19 September 2022, a Cook County, Illinois jury awarded US$363 million to a plaintiff who alleged that her breast cancer was caused by emissions of ethylene oxide (EtO) from a Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook, Illinois....more

Clark Hill PLC

EPA Proposes Updates to Air Toxics and Performance Standards For Lead Acid Battery Plants

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On Feb. 11, EPA proposed updates to both the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) that apply to Lead Acid Battery (LAB) Manufacturing Area Sources (Subpart PPPPPP) and the New Source Performance...more

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EPA’s Position That HAP Listing of 1-Bromopropane Will Trigger Immediate Major Source Obligations Likely To Be Challenged as...

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On Jan. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register adding 1-bromopropane (“1-BP”) to the list of hazardous air pollutants (“HAPs”) under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act...more

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