Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Will Undertake Sampling Program
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Office of Water Quality Deputy Director, Ms. Stacie Wassell, announced during an October 9th Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention presentation that the agency will be undertaking a per- and…
Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Order Addressing Petition for Objection Related to an Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Chemical Manufacturing Facility
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressed in a September 11th Order a Petition for Objection to a Title V Operating Permit for the Neville Chemical Company filed by Environmental Integrity Project and three other organizations. See Petition No. III-2024-22. The other three…
Construction Stormwater Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Portland Site
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a September 4th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Central Transport, LLC (“CT”) and Crown Enterprises, LLC (“CE”). See Case No. WQ-SW-NWR-2025-538. The Notice states that CT and CE are the owner and operator…
Clean Air Act Judicial/Administrative Litigation Developments/2024-2025: October 9th Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention Presentation
I undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention in Hot Springs on October 9th titled: Clean Air Act Judicial/Administrative Litigation Developments: 2024-2025. The presentation addressed a variety of federal and state air judicial decisions, air administrative…
Solar for All Program/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Rhode Island AFL-CIO Federal Judicial Action Challenging Program Termination
Seven organizations and an individual filed a October 6th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Demand for Jury Trial (“Complaint”) against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) challenging the decision to terminate the Solar for All program. The Plaintiff…