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 Airports Council International – North America (“ACI”) submitted May 19th comments to the United State Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) regarding the proposed Multi-Sector General Permit (“MSGP”) for stormwater...more
The Supreme Court of the United States’ recent Clean Water Act decision in City of San Francisco v. EPA has sent shockwaves through the environmental community by prohibiting EPA and state agencies’ common practice of...more
On December 13, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a request for public comment for the 2026 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for stormwater...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and TD Granite & Marble (“TD”) entered into a February 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
With recent changes to stormwater permitting in Virginia, the legal and practical implications of those changes need to be examined. Alex Turner, a member of the Virginia Bar and Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC’s Construction...more
The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to adopt a new Chapter 16 – Discharge of Groundwater to the Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer...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
Mike Rolband was appointed Director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in January 2022. Recently, Channing Martin, a partner in the Environment and Natural Resources Group at Williams Mullen, had the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a January 24th Federal Register notice for its 2022 Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) general permit for stormwater...more
Extensive changes to North Carolina's stormwater runoff statute went into effect today as part of Session Law 2021-158. The Stormwater Program amendments are embedded in an environmental omnibus bill entitled "An Act to...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Southark Disposals Group, LLC (“Southark”) entered into a May 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
Building on the progress from the 2020 legislative session and the passage of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA), the Virginia General Assembly passed several important pieces of legislation affecting the solar and energy...more
AB 377, entitled the “California Clean Water Act,” introduced by Assemblymember Rivas in February 2021, includes provisions to eliminate all “impaired waterways” and make all waters in California suitable for drinking,...more
With little fanfare and no significant changes from the draft published April 23, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized modifications to the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge...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 City of Little Rock (“Little Rock”) entered into a June 19th Permit Appeal Resolution (“PAR”) addressing a previously filed...more
As the construction industry prepares to reopen, contractors are making detailed plans to comply with state and municipal safety requirements related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Among the plans that needs careful...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and J.A.M. Distributing Company (“JAM”) entered into a February 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) filed a Petition for a Contested Case Hearing (“Petition”) in the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings addressing a Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality...more
The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Court”) addressed an appeal of a Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, (“Circuit Court”) decision upholding Maryland Department of the Environment (“MDE”) permits for...more
The Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (“Citizens”) filed an Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) appeal under 40 C.F.R. §124.5(b) seeking review of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) denial of a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Super Concrete Corporation (“SCC”) entered into a September 7th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) General Permit Remand Rule in the Federal Register on Dec. 9,...more
It is expected that the State of Maine multi-sector general stormwater permit for industrial facilities will be signed by Commissioner Mercer shortly. The new 5-year permit requires that facilities subject to the permit,...more