Sewage Sludge/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Liberty, Missouri, Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the City of Liberty, Missouri, (“Liberty”) entered into a July 12th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged Clean Water Act (“CWA”) violation. See CWA-07-2021-0031. The alleged violations are stated to have occurred…
Asbestos Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Star City Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Moser Construction, LLC, (“Moser”) entered into a June 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) Regulation 21…
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Update/Issues for the EHS Professional: Arkansas Environmental Federation (Walter Wright/Nathan Read - Mitchell Williams Law Firm) Webinar Presentation
My colleague Nate Read and myself undertook a July 15th webinar presentation for the Arkansas Environmental Federation titled: Arkansas Medical Marijuana Update: Issues for the EHS Professional (“Presentation”) The Presentation was a revised/update of a presentation we undertook for the Arkansas…
Citizen Suit/Clean Water Act Enforcement: Environmental Integrity Project Notice of Intent to Sue York County, Pennsylvania, Food Processing Facility
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) sent a June 29th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to Hanover Foods Corporation (“HFC”) alleging violations of the federal Clean Water Act and Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law. The alleged violations relate to HFC’s food processing facility (“Facility”)…
Riparian Rights/Non-Navigable Water: Illinois Appellate Court Addresses Access Issue
Co-Author: Lizzi Esparza The Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District (“Court”) addressed in a June 28th Opinion certain riparian rights associated with a non-navigable waterbody. See Holm v. Kodat, 2021 IL App. (3d) 200164. The case involved a dispute regarding the ability of a riparian…