Confined Animal Feeding Operations: Arkansas Environmental Organization Joins Challenge to USDA Rule Changes for Loans to Medium-Sized CAFOs
December 18, 2018
by Jordan P. Wimpy
The White River Waterkeeper, of Arkansas, recently joined other environmental and animal rights advocacy organizations to file a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) 2016 final rule categorically excluding certain FSA funding decisions for…
Inspection Warrant/OSHA Enforcement: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Poultry Processing Facility's Motion to Quash
December 18, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Court”) addressed in an October 9th decision a dispute regarding a judicially-issued inspection warrant that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) sought in regards to a poultry processing facility (“Mar-Jac”) in the…
TSD/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Etowah County, Alabama Enter into Special Order by Consent
December 18, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla, Inc. (“Giant”) entered into a November 15th Special Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violations of certain hazardous waste regulations. Giant is stated to operate a permitted commercial…
Delisting Petition/Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: December 14th Federal Register Notice Addressing F006 Wastewater Treatment Sludge
December 17, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a December 14th Federal Register Notice granted a petition by Sandvik Special Metals (“SSM”) to exclude or delist up to 1,500 cubic yards of F006 wastewater treatment sludge per year from the lists of Resource Conservation and Recovery…
Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Enter into Consent Decree with Operators of Crossett, Arkansas, Paper/Chemical Products Facilities
December 17, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a December 14th news release announced that the federal agency and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) have entered into a settlement with the Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC (“GP Chemical) and Georgia-Pacific Consumer…