Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)/Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Center for Biological Diversity Enter into Consent Decree Addressing Petition to List
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) entered into a proposed Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing a resolution of a judicial action regarding discarded polyvinyl chloride (“PVC”). CBD had filed an action in the United States District…
Arkansas State Plant Board: May 19th Pesticide Committee Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas State Plant Board (“Board”) has scheduled a Pesticide Committee meeting for May 19th. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive in Little Rock. A copy of the agenda can be found here. Information for…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Related to Union City Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued an April 11th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Ford Construction Company (“Ford”) regarding alleged violations of an air permit. See Case No. APC21-0138. The Order provides that Ford operates…
Citizen Suit/Clean Water Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Preclusion Issue
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Court”) addressed in an April 18th Opinion an issue involving the Clean Water Act citizen suit provision. See Blackstone Headwaters Coalition, Inc. v. Gallo Builders, Inc., et al., No. 19-2095. The issue involved the Section 1319(g)(6)(A)…
U.S. Postal Service Vehicle Acquisition: Sierra Club Files National Environmental Policy Act Judicial Challenge
The Sierra Club and two other environmental organizations filed an April 28th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Postal Service (“Service”) alleging violation of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). The Complaint alleges that the…