Toxics Release Inventory/Community Right-to-Know: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Adding 12 Chemicals
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a final rule in the November 30th Federal Register adding 12 chemicals to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”). See 87 Fed. Reg…
Diesel Emission Reduction: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Announces Funding Availability
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a November 28th news release stating it is making $1.47 million available for eligible diesel emission reduction projects under its Go RED! Program. The program provides funding assistance to…
Trust Fund Eligibility/Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order/Assessment Addressing Chattanooga Facility
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a November 22nd proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Mapco Express, Inc. (“Mapco”) addressing a Chattanooga, Tennessee, facility (“Facility”) utilizing underground storage tanks (“USTs”). See Case No. FDA23-0009. The…
Cigarette Filter Waste/Cigarette Manufacturers: Baltimore, Maryland, Files Judicial Action Seeking to Recover Alleged Cleanup Costs/Damage to Natural Resources
November 30, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The City of Baltimore, Maryland, filed a November 21st Complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against five cigarette manufacturers and a distributor in regard to alleged losses/costs associated with tobacco product litter. The Complaint has been filed against: Philip Morris USA, Inc…
Environmental Criminal Enforcement: Columbia, Kentucky, Individual Pleads Guilty to Negligent Violation of the Clean Water Act
November 30, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a November 28th news release stating that Joshua M. Franklin has pleaded guilty to a negligent violation of the Clean Water Act. The charge is stated to stem from an alleged 2018 discharge of oil and brine water into a creek near an oil tank…