The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Mr. Graham C. Coats entered into a May 15th Agreed Consent Order (“ACO”) addressing the alleged abandonment of waste tires. The ACO states that an...more
On March 31, Circular Action Alliance (“CAA”), the Producer Responsibility Organization (“PRO”) for California, Colorado, and the only contender for PRO in Oregon, submitted the first draft of its Program Plan (“the Plan”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Get Rid of It of America Corp. (“Get Rid of It”) entered into a March 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced in a news release that it will host a stakeholder meeting on September 27th (tomorrow) to discuss the preliminary draft...more
The Louisiana Supreme Court (“Court”) addressed in a January 28th Opinion an issue arising out of the Louisiana Waste Tire Program (“Program”). See Winmill Tire, LLC, et al. v. Colt, Inc., et al., 2022 WL 263004....more
The Court of Appeals of Oregon (“Court”) addressed in a January 26th opinion an issue involving the “auto dismantler exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling,...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Paradise Ranch RV Resort (“Paradise”) entered into a September 6th Agreed Order (“AO”) relating to alleged failure to obtain a wastewater permit. See Order No....more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Sign Builders, Inc. (“SBI”) entered into a September 19th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain hazardous waste regulations. See Consent...more
The Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has issued for public input on the Conceptual Closure Plan for the C & H Hog Farm waste storage ponds. DEQ States that the waste storage pond closure activities will be...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Stephens Paper Company, LLC (“Stephens”) entered into an August 22nd Consent Administrator Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a September 10th news release stating that an Orleans Parish individual was arrested for allegedly violating environmental laws and criminal trespassing. ...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a September 10th Complaint and Requests for Declaratory Relief and for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the Circuit Court of...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Southside School District (“District”) entered into a June 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) issued a guidance document titled: Managing Debris from Declared Disasters (“Guidance”) ADEQ states that the document is being issued in response to the June...more
On Monday, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued determinations with respect to six Duke Energy coal plants, requiring that Duke close coal combustion residual surface impoundments at the plants by...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a January 23rd news release stating that Bryant Joseph Ballard pleaded guilty on January 18th in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for illegal disposal of...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a news release stating that the Criminal Investigation Section of the agency arrested Dean Garrett Domingue on two counts of knowingly disposing of gasoline. ...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) filed a June 27th Verified Complaint and Request for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against an individual and TriState Contracting of Brinkley, LLC (collectively...more
Susan Speake of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled: Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund Update...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and The Chemours Company FC, LLC (“Chemours”) entered into a December 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Court”) addressed whether two Pureto Rican municipalities could prohibit the beneficial use and disposal of coal ash (also known as Coal Combustion Residuals [“CCR”]...more