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House Bill 566-FN (“566”) has been introduced into the 2025 New Hampshire legislative Session addressing landfill leachate. 566 would require permit applications for new landfills in the state to contain a detailed plan...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Crimson Oak Grove Resources, LLC (“Crimson”) entered into a February 13th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the clean water act national...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lakeside Gardens Horizontal Property Regime (“LG”) entered into a February 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) entered into a January 16th Consent Decree (“CD”) with the operators of the Oasis Mobile Home Park (“Park”) for...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Natureplex entered into a May 3rd Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Pretreatment Permit. See Order No. 7323 24. The AO...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Jasper, Arkansas entered into a December 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bradley, Arkansas entered into an August 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
The Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NWEA”) filed a September 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board challenging a Clean Water Act...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Dumas, Arkansas, entered into a January 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...more
Companies that produce and discharge pollutants are subject to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight under the Clean Water Act. The EPA routinely conducts inspections focused on federal laws like Oil Pollution...more
2023 was a busy year for folks following legal developments related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In December, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Second Annual Progress Report. Some of...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Nashville, Arkansas, (“Nashville”) entered into October 16th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued on November 15th a document titled: The EPA’s Fiscal Year 2024 Top Management Challenges (“Report’) See Report No....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Joiner, Arkansas, (“Joiner”) entered into a May 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The City of Rochester, New Hampshire, (“Rochester”) filed an April 19th document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) styled: Petition for Review of City of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and City of Dixon, Missouri, entered into a January 23rd Complaint and Consent Agreement/Final Order (“CA”). See Docket No. CWA-07-2022-0117. The CA provides that...more
After nearly four years of negotiations, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) considered and unanimously adopted the Statewide Sanitary Sewer Systems General Waste Discharge Requirements...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and the City of Hazlehurst, Mississippi (“Hazlehurst”), entered into a September 21st Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wilmot, Arkansas, (“Wilmot”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance issued a March 2022 document titled: Compliance Tips for Small Wastewater Treatment Lagoons with Clean Water Act...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Lake Village, Arkansas (“Lake Village”) entered into an April 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Tri-City Utilities, Inc. (“Tri-City”) entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
They may not realize it, but the manufacturers of many of America's favorite foods (beer, bread, coffee, jerky, salsa, salad dressing, etc.) are subject to a multitude of environmental regulations for food and beverage...more
On July 6, 2015, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit unanimously rejected a challenge brought by agricultural and builder groups to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay...more