The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) issued on April 30th a Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order (“NOV”) to Union Gold, Inc. (“UGI”) addressing alleged violations of the Colorado Water...more
Simultaneously with the prepublication of a final rule designating two of the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) hazardous...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a prepublication version of a Final Rule that would designate two of the Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more
4/23/2024
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Contamination ,
Drinking Water ,
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
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Solid Waste ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Wastewater
H.R. 7634 has been introduced into the United States House of Representatives which is titled:
Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (“Act”).
The Act requires that the United States...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and City of Gravette, Arkansas, entered into a February 21st Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing an alleged violation of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 3rd news release recognizing Clean Water Act state revolving fund assistance recipients for exceptional projects. The Flippin, Arkansas Wastewater...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a report titled:
Climate Change in the Drinking Water and Wastewater Sectors and the Impact on Financial Resilience, Insurability, and Credit and...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Consolidated Catfish Companies, LLC (“CCC”) entered into a December 18th Agreed Order addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant...more
The Tennessee Department Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a February 27th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Walnut Creek Timber, LLC (“Walnut Creek”).
The Order provides that Walnut Creek operates a...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") and Crowleys Ridge College ("Crowleys Ridge") entered into a February 20th Consent Administrative Order ("CAO") addressing an...more
3/13/2024
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Water Act ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Enforcement Actions ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Scoular Company (“SC”) entered into a February 27th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a February 27th report titled:
Perspectives on Capacity: Managing Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Infrastructure...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Banks, Arkansas, (“Banks”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a July 13th proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Kopper Glo Mining, LLC (“Kopper”). See Case No. MGR22-0118.
The Order provides that...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a February 22nd news release stating it is providing $53,099,000 to Arkansas for its Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (collectively,...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Runyan Sewer Improvement District No. 221 (“Runyan”) entered into a January 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent a February 13th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging a failure to perform a nondiscretionary duty under the...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
2/13/2024
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Clean Water Act ,
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Corrective Actions ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Enforcement ,
NPDES ,
Wastewater ,
Water Pollution
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lincoln County Detention Center (“Center”) entered into a January 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Morrilton, Arkansas, (“Morrilton”) entered into a December 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Court of Appeals of South Carolina (“Court”) addressed in a January 3rd opinion an insurance coverage issue associated with a claim related to polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) deposited by a third party into a...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and the City of Gosnell, Arkansas (“Gosnell”) entered into an October 16th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address an alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Denali Water Solutions, LLC (“Denali”) entered into a January 2nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a recent opinion whether a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit should have been obtained by...more
Three federal agencies announced the joint production and release of a document titled:
Incident Response Guide – Water and Wastewater Sector (January 2024) (“Guide”)...more
1/23/2024
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FBI ,
Governance Standards ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Infrastructure ,
Public Utility ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Wastewater ,
Water