Poteau River: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Issues Harmful Algal Bloom Advisory
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a June 25th news release referencing a Harmful Algal Bloom (“HAB”) advisory. The advisory is for the Poteau River between Highway 71 and Highway 80 West. HABs are overgrowths of algae in water. Such…
Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Research: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology Hearing
The Subcommittee on Research and Technology of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology held a June 24th hearing titled: Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Research: Moving from Staggering Statistics to Sustainable Systems (“Hearing”) The focus of…
Federally Permitted Releases/CERCLA: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether a Clean Air Act Permit Notification Qualifies
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) in a June 21st Opinion interpreted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) or (“Superfund”) phrase “federally permitted releases.” See Clean Air Council v. United States Steel…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Clarke County Sawmill Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and NSSG Holdings, LLC, (“NSSG”) entered into a June 4th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. The CO provides that NSSG is the owner and/or operator of a sawmill facility (“Facility”) in Clarke County…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Monticello Industrial Sawmill Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Interfor U.S. Inc. (“Interfor”) entered into a June 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System…