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Railroad Valley Toad/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an October 15th 60-day notice of intent to sue to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). CBD...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Nashville Gypsum Wallboard...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Certainteed Gypsum Manufacturing, Inc. (“Certainteed”) entered into an October 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more

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Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Talladega County Automobile Manufacturing Plant Enter into...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC (“Honda”) entered into a October 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See...more

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Prop. 65 Halloween Special: More Tricks than Treats for California Restaurants

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It’s been more tricks than treats this season for restaurants located in California. In the past few weeks, there have been over 100 California Proposition 65 60-day notices of intent to sue issued on behalf of claimant...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Richmond, Missouri Epoxy Manufacturing Facility Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Arnette Polymers, LLC (“Arnette”) entered into an August 19th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Missouri hazardous...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 10.18.24

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California officials have been working on a plan to preserve the state’s leading edge environmental and climate policies, in the event that former President Donald J. Trump returns to the White House and follows through on...more

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Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Jackson County Lighting Systems Manufacturing Plant Enter into...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Peterson Manufacturing Company (“Peterson”) entered into an August 22nd Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See No....more

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Avoiding Corporate Skeletons in the Closet: The Importance of Ethics Hotlines

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Ensure a skeleton-free zone in your organization by maintaining accountability with ethics hotlines. Corporate scandals can shake the trust and reputation of any company. Take, for example, the recent case where the...more

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Cadmium/Lead/OSHA Enforcement: Janesville, Wisconsin Recycling Facility Cited for Alleged Violations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an October 9th news release addressing a Universal Recycling Technologies LLC (“URT”) facility. URT is stated to operate a recycling facility in Janesville,...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and U.S. Army Corps of...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) entered into a September 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hot Springs Sawmill...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and USNR, LLC d/b/a Timber Automation, LLC (“USNR”) entered into a September 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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Wastewater Enforcement; Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Utility Enter...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Searcy Board of Public Utilities (“Searcy”) entered into an August 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hazen Solid Waste Landfill...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC (“WC”) entered into a September 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more

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Harmful Products/Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: U.S. District Judge Dismisses U.S. Department of Justice...

WebProNews reported in an October 1st article that United States District Judge Orelia E. Merchant dismissed a United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) environmental enforcement action that had been filed against eBay,...more

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Significant Changes to the Federal Environmental Sanctioning Administrative Process

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On September 20, 2024, the Brazilian government published Federal Decree No. 12,189/2024 (the “Decree”), significantly amending Federal Decree No. 6,514/2008, which provides for administrative penalties for environmental...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 9.27.24

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ExxonMobil sued by California AG and environmental nonprofits over plastic waste - California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental nonprofit entities sued ExxonMobil on Monday, accusing the company...more

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California Sues Exxon for Allegedly Fueling Plastics Pollution Crisis

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California AG Rob Bonta sued global energy giant ExxonMobil Corporation for allegedly deceiving the public about the recyclability of plastic products and creating a global plastics pollution crisis in violation of state...more

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Two Reasons Why Environmental Citizen Suits Pose Increasing Risk to Businesses

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Back in the 1970s, US Congress passed laws that allow private parties to bring citizen suits to enforce federal environmental laws. While those statutes have not significantly been amended, changes in both administrative law...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Memphis Facility Enter into Settlement...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Bass Brothers Enterprises, Inc. (“BB”) entered into a September 20th Settlement Agreement and Order (“Settlement”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

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Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Car Wash Operator Enter into Consent...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Yong’s Car Wash, Inc. (“Yong’s”) entered into a September 19th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the underground storage tank (“UST”)...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Pine Bluff Vermiculite...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Sun Gro Horticulture Processing Inc. (“Sun Gro”) entered into a July 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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Striped Newt/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Center for Biological Diversity Issued Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) transmitted a 60-day Notice of Intent To Sue (“NOI”) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).The alleged...more

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Wastewater Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Cook County Circuit Judge Addresses Illinois Attorney General Complaint Alleging...

A Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (“Court”) Judge addressed in a September 9th Order issues arising out of a Second Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) filed by the Illinois Attorney General (“AG”) filed against 401 Wabash...more

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Youth Climate Litigation and the Legacy of Juliana

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At the beginning of 2024, young American climate litigants seemed poised for success. In December 2023, the prominent case of Juliana v. United States (Case No. 6:15-CV-01517) had survived—in part—a motion to dismiss in the...more

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Subsurface Fluid Distribution System/Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Devonshire Manor Property Owners Association, Inc. (“Devonshire”) entered into an August 21st Consent Administrative Order...more

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