Each year, many California businesses receive letters from private entities, typically environmental nongovernmental organizations (Citizen Groups), alleging that those businesses’ facilities are in violation of applicable...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Omni Home Builders at Diamondhead Resort Community, LLC (“Omni”) entered into a may 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Fought & Company, Inc., (“Fought”) entered into a Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Stormwater Industrial General Permit. See Docket No....more
The Clean Water Act (CWA) provides various means of enforcement against violators of its permitting programs, including sanctions for those guilty of criminal negligence. The chief programs in this regard are the National...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Thomas D.B. Collins LTD (Kensington Subdivision) (“Kensington”) entered into a July 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Nevada County entered into a March 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and JM Trucking & Trailer Leasing, LLC, (“JM”) entered into a February 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The County of Los Alamos, New Mexico (“Los Alamos”) filed a January 17th petition (“Petition”) challenging a United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) decision titled: Designation Decision and Record of Decision...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and American Air Filter Company, Inc., (“AAFC”) entered into a December 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
Columbia Riverkeeper (“Riverkeeper”) and Crunch Pak, LLC, (“Crunch”) entered into a January 7th Consent Decree in the United States District Court (Eastern District of Washington) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Williamson Rock Hauling LLC (“Williamson”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Wall Street Development Corporation (“Wall Street”) entered into a November 27th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) to address alleged violations of certain...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and IWS Transfer Systems of NY, Inc. (“IWS”) entered into a Consent Agreement and final Order (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act Multi-Sector...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a citizen suit enforcement action on May 7, 2018 to enjoin the construction of a funeral home and mortuary in Howard County,...more
Toxics Action Center, Inc., and Conservation Law Foundation (collectively “CLF”) filed a citizen suit action in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire against Casella Waste Systems, Inc., and North...more
The Ninth Circuit recently ruled that the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act’s (RCRA) anti-duplication provisions under 42 USC § 6905 do not apply in the absence of a stormwater discharge permit issued under the Clean...more