Title VI of the Civil Rights Act/South Coast Air Quality Management District: Earthjustice Complaint Submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Earthjustice submitted a March 6th Complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) addressing the South Coast Air Quality Management District in California (“SCAQMD”). The Complaint is filed on behalf of the following organizations: People’s Collector for Environmental…
Construction/Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and North Little Rock Construction Site Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and White Oaks Storage LLC (“White Oaks”) entered into a March 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Construction National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: Federal District Court Addresses Conservation Groups' Motion for Intervention in U.S. EPA/Corps of Engineers Final Rule Litigation
A United States District Court (E.D. Kentucky) (“Court”) addressed in a February 8th Memorandum Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) various conservation groups’ (“CGs”) Motion to Intervene (“Motion”) in litigation involving a rule promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and…
Wastewater Enforcement: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Administrative Complaint Addressing Mercer County Mobile Home Park/Sewage Treatment Plant
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PDEP”) filed a February 27th Complaint for Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board against Country Estates MHP, LLC (“Country Estates”). Country Estates is described as the owner of a mobile home…
Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces $15,178,000 Grant for Arkansas
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Region 6 announced in a March 9th news release that it was awarding the State of Arkansas $15,178,000 for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund (“CWSRF”) Other states in Region 6 receiving grant funds include: Louisiana - $25,506,000 New…