Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Gravette Mining/Quarrying Facility Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and APAC-Central, Inc. (“APAC”) entered into a May 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Case #: CAO-26-0005. APAC is stated to operate a crushed…
Emergency Petition to Require Cancer Warning Labels on All Pesticide Products That EPA Considers Carcinogenic: Center for Biological Diversity July 8th Submission to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) submitted on July 8th a document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Emergency Petition to Require Cancer Warning Labels on All Pesticide Products That EPA Considers Carcinogenic (“Petition”). The Petition requests that…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Technical Secretary's Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Camden Silica Processing Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a May 5th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Covia Solutions, LLC (“Covia”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Case No. APC26-0060. The Order provides that Covia was issued a…
Arkansas Department of Agriculture/Arkansas State Plant Board: July 14th Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas State Plant Board will hold a special called meeting on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom only. Agenda items include: Initiate Administrative Rulemaking process Review draft 2 CAR Pt. 25 (Feed) Review draft 2 CAR Pt. 26 (Fertilizer) Review draft 2 CAR Pt. 34 (Seed) …
112(r)/Clean Air Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Fernley, Nevada Geothermal Facility Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Desert Peak II (“DP”) entered into a January 27th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act. See Docket No. CAA(112r)-09-2026-0039. The ESA addresses a geothermal…