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Mining Clean Water Act Environmental Violations

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Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Meridian Sand/Clay Mine Operator Enter into Agreed...

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Cullum Construction, LLC (“CC”) entered into a June 25th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act Stormwater Permit. See Order No....more

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Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Tuscaloosa, Alabama Coal Mine Operator Enter into Consent...

Black Water Riverkeeper (“Riverkeeper”) and Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC (“WMC”) entered into a July 29th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Case No. 7:22-cv-01178-LSC. The CD...more

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Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Environmental Organizations Notice of Intent to Sue Related to Expansion of Mine Site

Several environmental organizations sent the following document to Rosemont Copper Company (“Rosemont”) on April 14th: 60-Day Notice of Intent to Bring Citizen Suit for Rosemont Copper Company’s Violations of the Clean...more

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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether Clean Water Act Permit Shield Provides...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Fourth Circuit”) addressed in a March 30th Opinion the scope of the federal Clean Water Act Permit Shield. See Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, et al. v. Red...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2019 #2

Environmental Groups Accuse Multiple Mining Sites of Violating Federal Regulations - "Allegations of 'egregious' violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act could be...more

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They Blew Us Off – Insights into the State of New Mexico’s Suits Against the EPA and the State of Colorado

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While speaking at a recent conference on natural resource damages, the Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department, Ryan Flynn, outlined New Mexico’s grievances against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)...more

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