MS4/Stormwater Citizen Suit Enforcement: Conservation Law Foundation Lawsuit Alleging Clean Water Act Violations Associated with Massachusetts Redevelopment Project
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed a June 19th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Devens Enterprise Commission, and a…
Oversight of the Army Corps' Regulation of Surplus Water/Role of States' Rights: U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Hearing
The United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a June 13th hearing titled: Oversight of the Army Corps’ Regulation of Surplus Water and the Role of States’ Rights (“Hearing”) A focus of the witnesses’ testimony was the United States Army Corps of Engineers proposed rule…
Transactional Environmental Issues: Federal Court Addresses Buyer/Seller Dispute Regarding Post-Closing Remediation Responsibilities
Co-Author: Matthew Fiorillo The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (“Court”) addressed in a May 30th opinion a dispute between a buyer and seller of real property related to a contract provision addressing responsibility for preexisting contamination. See KFC Corp…
Asbestos Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Russellville, Arkansas Construction Firm Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Curtis Construction, Inc. (“CCI”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Regulation 21 (Asbestos Abatement Regulation). See LIS…
Federal Underground Storage Tank Rule Revisions: PMAA/NATSO/NACS/FMI Asks EPA for Compliance Testing Delay
The Petroleum Marketers Association of America (“PMAA”), National Association of Truck Stop Operators, National Association of Convenience Stores, and Food Marketing Institute (collectively “Group”) sent a June 20th letter to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency…