The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and KMG-Bernuth, Inc., (“KMG”) entered into a February 10th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code that address hazardous...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has issued a new edition (January 2020) of its quarterly newsletter.
DEQ describes the newsletter as providing...more
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Sanco, Inc., (“Sanco”) entered into a February 5th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations the State of Georgia has adopted to...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) proposed February 7th a Special Order by Consent (“Order”) for New Flyer of America, Inc. (“New Flyer”) addressing alleged violations related to hazardous waste...more
The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) issued a technical policy titled:
Technical Policy 9.4. – The Long-Term Management of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (“Policy”) -
The Policy provides that at the...more
The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Court”) addressed in a January 7th opinion a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) closure issue. See State ex. rel. Regan v. Wasco, LLC, No. COA19-355, 2020 WL 63913 (N.C....more
The United States Environmental Agency (“EPA”) released December 19, 2019 interpretive guidance titled:
Manifesting Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals – New Four Character Code (“Guidance”) -
The document...more
WCA Waste Corporation (“WCA”) announced in a January 14th news release it acquired the Little Rock Division of Central Arkansas Recycling and Disposal Services, LLC (“CARDS”).
WCA describes itself as a vertically...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced it is scheduling stakeholder meetings involving the Arkansas Solid Waste Licensing Program.
The subject of the...more
The Court of Appeals of Alabama (“Court”) addressed in a December 13th opinion a challenge to a Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) decision to grant a permit allowing the expansion and modification of a...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) is proposing to issue an Administrative Order (“AO”) to KMAC Industrial and Recharge (“KMAC”) to address alleged violations related to certain solid waste/recycling...more
The Environmental Research & Educational Foundation (“Foundation”) issued a 2019 report titled:
Analysis of State Recycling Definitions (“Report”) -
The Report represents an effort by the Foundation to “document the...more
The Association of Plastic Recyclers and American Chemistry Council (collectively “ACC”) issued a report titled:
2018 United States National Postconsumer Plastic Bottle Recycling Report (“Report”)
The document...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Aerospace Coatings International, LLC (“ACI”) entered into a December 4th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and the City of St. Joseph, Missouri (“St. Joseph”) entered into a November 12th Abatement Order and Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged stormwater permit and solid waste...more
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) filed an administrative enforcement action (styled as an “Accusation”) against CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc., (collectively “CVS”)...more
The Receiver (Geoffrey B. Treece) for the Ozark Solid Waste Management District (“District”) filed a Notice of Appeal of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission’s (“Commission”) decision to designate the Carroll...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a position paper titled:
Modernizing the Superfund Cleanup Program (“Position Paper”)-
ASTSWMO describes itself as an...more
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported in a November 15th article that the Benton County Regional Solid Waste Management District (“Benton District”) will petition the Arkansas Supreme Court to address a dispute with the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a November 12th Federal Register Notice proposing to grant three petitions to delist a one-time amount up to 20,100 cubic yards of Resource Conservation and...more
The Arkansas Court of Appeals (“Court”) addressed in an October 30th opinion a dispute between the Benton County Regional Solid Waste Management District (“Benton District”) and the Boston Mountain Regional Solid Waste...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Potomac Supply Company, LLC (“Potomac”) entered into an October 30th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Resource Conservation and Recovery...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) published a presentation titled:
Optimizing for the Post Construction Phase of Superfund Sites (“Presentation”)...more
The Carroll County Solid Waste Authority (“Authority”) previously submitted a Petition to the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) to be designated the Carroll County Solid Waste District.
The...more
The Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama (“Court”) addressed in an October 11th opinion a challenge to certain Alabama Department Environmental Management (“ADEM”) rules applicable to solid waste landfills. See Smith v. Lefleur,...more