Hexavalent Chromium/RCRA: Federal Appellate Court Reconsiders Public Water System Liability
Co-Author: Bryce Jefferson The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) in a July 1st Opinion addressed a prior September 29th decision discussing the potential liability of a public water system pursuant to the imminent and substantial endangerment provisions of the…
Toxics Release Inventory/Community Right-to-Know: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Adds Five PFAS
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a final rule in the Federal Register on July 18th adding five per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) to the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”). See 87 Fed. Reg. 42651. The action was required pursuant to the National Defense…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Marion County Boat Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Advanced Marine Performance, LLC (“AMP”) entered into a June 21, 2022, Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a statutory requirement related to air pollution control…
Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grants in Part and Denys in Part a Petition for an Objection to a San Patricio County, Texas, Plastics Manufacturing Complex
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 12th Order granting in part and denying in part a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, LLC (“Gulf Coast”) Olefins…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – Friday, July 22nd
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission will meet Friday, July 22nd, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Room located at the Arkansas…