Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Miller County Sand Processing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Samsand, LLC (“Samsand”) entered into a June 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 23-042. The CAO provides that Samsand owns and operates a…
Drum Reconditioning Facility/RCRA/Clean Air Act: U.S. District Court (Wisconsin) Approves Entry of Consent Decree
The United States District Court (Eastern District Wisconsin) (“Court”) addressed in a July 27th Order a request by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) acting on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) a request for entry of a consent decree with Container…
Air Enforcement: U.S. Department of Justice and Beverly, Ohio, Ferroalloy Production Facility Enter into Consent Decree
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Globe Metallurgical, Inc. (“GMI”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) in the United States District Court (Southern District of Ohio) addressing alleged Clean Air Act violations. See Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-02368. The CD provides that GMI…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Bearden Asphalt Plant Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Jet Asphalt & Rock Co., Inc., (“Jet”) entered into a June 16th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address an alleged violation of an air permit. See LIS No. 23-047. The CAO provides that Jet owns…
Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions: Projected U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Activities
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a somewhat delayed Spring 2023 Semi-Annual Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (“Agenda”). The Agenda includes information addressing: EPA regulations in the Semiannual Agenda that are under development, completed, or…