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The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued on August 24, Part One of a document titled: Rate Establishment Guide for State Financial Assurance Funds (“Guide”)....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Lubrizol Corporation (“LC”) entered into a January 24th Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the federal...more
The United States District Court (M.D. Florida) (“Court”) addressed in a June 23rd Order an insurance coverage issue involving a petroleum release from an underground storage tank (“UST”). See L. Squared Industries, Inc. v....more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) published a document titled: Comparing EPA UST Regulations and NFPA Fire Codes (“Guidance”)...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) oversees policy and guidance for the EPA’s hazard response and waste programs. In October 2022, OLEM released its Environmental Justice...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a document titled: EJ Action Plan – Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA’s Land protection and Cleanup Programs (September 22) (“Action Plan”)...more
Mark Barolo, Acting Director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Underground Storage Tanks authored an article in the March 2022 edition of the LUSTLine Bulletin titled: Congratulations...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Hanover 76, Inc. (“Hanover”) entered into an April 7th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Pennsylvania underground storage tank (“UST”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and York Fuel Stop, Inc., (“York”) entered into a February 23rd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing violations of the Pennsylvania regulations addressing underground...more
A Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (“Court”) addressed in an August 5th Opinion an issue arising under the Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund. See Shrom v. Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank...more
The 93rd Arkansas General Assembly convened for regular session on January 11th. House Bill 1519 (“HB1519”) was introduced on February 22nd which would amend the Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund Act (“Trust...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a January 19th Federal Register Notice proposing modifications to the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) relating to...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) periodically updates a “Compendium” which addresses revisions to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Subtitle I, Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. ...more
Adding to the many regulatory initiatives undertaken to aid the nation’s COVID-19 response and provide enforcement relief to the regulated community, on April 10, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued...more
On April 10, 2020, the U.S. EPA published “Interim Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions Due to Impacts of COVID-19.” Directed specifically to the Agency’s Regional Administrators, the interim guidance was issued for response...more
On April 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued interim guidance to determine when, and how, to suspend field work under certain EPA programs during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The guidance covers response...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and National Retail Properties Trust (“NRPT”) entered into a January 29th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of certain Resource Conservation and...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a document titled: State Funds Survey Results 2018 (“Survey”) ...more
The United States Environmental protection Agency (“EPA”) and Kenneth A. Stedham, d/b/a Bi-Rights Motor Company (“BMC”) entered into a May 15th Consent Agreement (‘CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Bedford Valley Petroleum Corporation (“Bedford”) entered into a March 14th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the federal...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) entered into a September 12th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) with a Salina, Kansas, underground storage tank (“UST”) owner addressing an alleged violation of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Rome Gas, Inc. (“Rome”) entered into an October 1st Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the federal Resource Conservation...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Lee Hi Travel Plaza (“Lee Hi”) entered into a September 6th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and S & H Food Mart, LLC (“S & H”) entered into a July 5th Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Subtitle...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and Blueox Corporation (“BC”) entered into an April 4th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and...more