Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Wichita, Kansas Chemical Retailer/Waste Collection Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. (“SKS”) entered into a February 18th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations. See Docket No…
Stormwater/Solar Energy Project: Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board Appeal Filed Challenging Department of Environmental Protection Field Order
Clermont Solar LLC (“Clermont”) filed an April 8th Notice of Appeal (“Appeal”) before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board challenging the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (“PDEP”) issuance of the Field Order. Clermont’s Appeal addresses a Field Order issued on March…
Request for Qualifications/Professional Engineering Design Services: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Seeks On-Call Professional Services Related to Regulated Storage Tanks
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) has issued the following document: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR OFFICE OF LAND RESOURCES – REGULATED STORAGE TANKS (“RFQ”). The April 1st RFQ states that it…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Montgomery County Food Container Production Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Genpak LLC (“Genpak”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. The CO provides that Genpak operates a food container production facility in Montgomery County, Alabama. ADEM is stated to have…
PM2.5/Clean Air Act: 17 Environmental/Health Organizations Challenge U.S. EPA Failure to Designate Attainment/Nonattainment Areas
The Environmental Defense Fund and 16 other health, community, and environmental organizations (collectively, “EDF”) filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States…