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Solid Waste Environmental Violations

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Little Rock Municipal Solid...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and City of Little Rock Landfill (“LRL”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Environmental Criminal Enforcement/Solid Waste: New Hampshire Attorney General Announces Indictment of Grafton County Construction...

The Office of the Attorney General (“AG”) of the New Hampshire Department of Justice announced in a January 25th news release the indictment of Hammond Grinding and Recycling Inc. a/k/a F.C. Hammond & Son Lumber Co....more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Alexander Off-roading Area...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Carter Off Road Park, LLC (“Carter”) entered into a November 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Trust Fund Eligibility/Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Chattanooga Solid Waste...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conversation and BFI Waste Services, LLC (“BFI”) entered into a December 11th Settlement Agreement and Order (“Settlement”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee...more

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Using Whistleblower Laws to Hold Polluters Accountable

Global political and business leaders have purported ambitious climate-focused goals for the decades ahead, such as eliminating landfill waste by 2030, transitioning to 100% renewable energy use by 2035, and achieving...more

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Underground Storage Tanks/State Compliance Violations: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials...

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued on October 5th a report addressing underground storage tank(“UST”)  inspections conducted by state UST programs. The report was...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Operator...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and EcoSouth Services of Mobile, LLC (“Eco-South”) entered into an April 19th Special Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Solid...more

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Solid Waste/Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Ridgeland Landfill Operator Enter into Agreed...

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and BFI Waste Systems of Mississippi, LLC (“BFI”) entered into a November 14th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged air and solid waste violations. See Order No....more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Perry County Landfill Enter into Consent Order

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Perry County Associates, LLC (“PCA”) entered into a November 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code solid waste...more

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Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Perry County Landfill Enter into Consent Order

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Perry County Associates, LLC (“PCA”) entered into a November 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code solid waste...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order/Assessment Addressing Chattanooga...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a March 10th proposed Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to West Star Aviation, LLC, (“West Star”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Winston County Construction and Demolition Landfill...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Hyche Landfill, LLC (“Hyche”) entered into a November 23rd Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Alabama solid waste regulations and a...more

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Environmental Impairment Liability/Contractor Pollution Liability Policies: Federal Court Addresses Coverage Dispute

The United States District Court for the District of Montana (“Court”) addressed in a May 2021 Order a dispute involving an Environmental Impairment Liability Policy (“EIL”) and a Contractors Pollution Liability Policy...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Parkin...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Parkin, Arkansas (“Parkin”) entered into a February 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Solid Waste/Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Little...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Little River County (“Little River”) entered into a February 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Miller County...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mack Armstrong (“Armstrong”) entered into a September 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Selma Construction and Debris Landfill Enter into...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and the City of Selma C/D Landfill (“Selma”) entered into an August 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Solid Waste and Recyclable...more

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Supplemental Environmental Project/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Watertown...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Moody & Associates, Inc., d/b/a Technical Plating (“Moody”) entered into a Settlement Agreement and Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of...more

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Landfill/Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Operator of Axis Industrial Landfill Enter...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and EcoSouth Services of Mobile, LLC (“EcoSouth Services”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a solid waste permit. See Consent...more

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“Operation Pay Dirt” – Suffolk County Goes After Illegal Dumping

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“Operation Pay Dirt” was a joint investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and the Suffolk County Police Department. It investigated...more

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management Proposed Order Addressing Birmingham, Alabama Solid Waste...

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

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Stormwater/Landfill Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and St. Joseph, Missouri Enter into Abatement Order on...

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

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California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act/Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: $3.6 Million...

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

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Stephens, Arkansas Paper Recycling and Processing...

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

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Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Independence County, Arkansas School District Enter into...

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

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