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Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Greenwood Soybean Processing/Oil Extraction Facility Enter...

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Oxbow Greenwood, LLC (“OG”) entered into a July 3rd Agreed Order 9 (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Order No. 7520 25....more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Calhoun County Metal Plating Facility Enter into...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Industrial Plating CO., Inc. (“IP”) entered into July 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Hazardous Waste Regulations. See...more

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OECD Publishes Case Study on 2D Titanium Carbide MXenes 

On June 30, 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a report entitled 2D Titanium Carbide MXenes: Case Study Report on Advanced Materials. Within OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Compression Station...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Merit Energy Company, LLC (“Merit”) entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Pell City Electrical Equipment Recycling Facility...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and TCI of Alabama, LLC (“TCI”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) to address alleged violations of the Alabama Hazardous Waste regulations. See Consent Order No....more

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Lessons From Dioxins And PCBS Inform Smarter PFAS Site Investigations

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Insights from decades of intense scrutiny of dioxins and PCBs in the environment, beginning in the 1960s, remain pertinent to our current challenges with PFAS. The lessons learned regarding detection and measurement,...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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SPCC/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Complaint Filed Against Seaside, Oregon Petroleum Product...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has filed on December 18, 2024, an Administrative Complaint against Jackson & Son Distributors, Inc. dba Jackson and Son Oil (“JS”) alleging a violation of the Clean...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Columbus, Ohio Paint Corporation Enter Into Expedited...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation (“YMPC”) entered into a February 19th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged Resource Conservation Recovery...more

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Waters of the United States/ Construction General NPDES Stormwater Permit: Federal District Court Addresses Request to Dismiss...

A United States District Court (D. Massachusetts) (“Court”) addressed in a February 25th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising pursuant to a Clean Water Act citizen-suit action. See Blackstone Headwaters...more

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Stormwater Enforcement: US Environmental Protection Agency and Leesville, South Carolina Timber Products Facility Enter Into...

The United Stated Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and South Carolina Pole and Piling, Inc (“SCPPI”) entered into a February 11th Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Allentown, Pennsylvania Coil Coating Facility Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC (“Vorteq”) entered into a January 22nd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Environmental Liability in Bankruptcy: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Perspective

In general, environmental law seeks to protect public health and the environment by providing for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response to the release or disposal of hazardous substances. And more...more

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DOJ to Stop “Piling On” and “Overfiling” Under Clean Water Act

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Is federalism alive and well? Has the federal government decided to give up “piling on” and “overfiling” in environmental enforcement actions? It seems so. On July 27, 2020, in an effort to promote federalism, U.S. Department...more

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Some States Are Opposed to EPA’s COVID-19 Blanket Enforcement Policy

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On March 23, 2020, on behalf of its members and U.S. industry, the American Petroleum Institute (“API”) sent a letter to the EPA requesting a temporary waiver of non-essential compliance obligations, including recordkeeping,...more

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