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State and Local Government Appeals Civil Monetary Penalty

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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Grainger County Rock Crushing Facility

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 28th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Clear Development, LLC (“CD”) alleging violations of an air permit....more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Director's Order and Assessment...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 17th Proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order and Assessment for Knoxville...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a proposed April 27th Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Mapco Express, Inc. (“Mapco”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage...more

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False Claims Act: 2019 Year-in-Review

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The Supreme Court held that the FCA’s extended limitations period is available to relators in qui tam cases even when the government declines to intervene. Lower courts continued to divide over the first-to-file bar,...more

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Strange But True: Recent EPA and State Actions Show Breadth of Environmental Enforcement

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A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more

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