Penalties, Solid Waste

Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Elaine...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/20/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Elaine, Arkansas entered into an April 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of...more

95th Arkansas General Assembly/Act 1009: Addressing Enforcement for Certain Types of Industrial Waste Disposal

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/22/2025

Act 1009 was signed by Governor Sanders which amends the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act to require revocation of a permit for the disposal of industrial waste in an agricultural or pastoral application for a...more

\Medical Waste/Environmental Criminal Enforcement: Maryland Special Medical Waste Incinerator Enters into Guilty Plea Addressing...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/23/2023

The Maryland Attorney General (“AG”) announced on October 17th that Curtis Bay Energy, LP (“Curtis Bay”) entered into a guilty plea to a forty-count criminal information resulting from an investigation that had been conducted...more

Solid Waste Management Services: Ohio Appellate Court Addresses Whether Certain Services Constituted Grounds For Contract...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/30/2023

The Court of Appeals of Ohio (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a May 12th Decision and Judgment (“Decision”) an issue arising out of a solid waste and transport agreement between two counties. See Board of County...more

A Brief Overview of California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act SB 54

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/23/2023

Materials Covered by the Law SB 54 applies to single-use packaging that is routinely recycled, disposed of or discarded after its contents have been used or unpackaged. This includes items that are typically not refilled or...more

Solid Waste Enforcement/Construction/Demolition Waste: New York Attorney General Files Judicial Complaint Against 29 Waste...

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

The New York Attorney General (“AG”) filed a March 30th Complaint in the State of New York Supreme Court, County of Ulster, against 29 waste haulers and brokers. See Seggos, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of...more