Public Water Systems/Safe Drinking Water Act: EPA Proposes Lead and Copper Rule
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) circulated a prepublication version of its proposed revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (“LCR”). The LCR revisions are proposed pursuant to the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”). They include a number of actions whose…
Managing Arkansas Environmental Issues in the Lending/Foreclosure Process: October 9th Arkansas Bankers Association Mega Conference Presentation
I undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Bankers Association Mega Conference titled: Managing Arkansas Environmental Issues in the Lending/Foreclosure Process The Presentation addressed transactional environmental issues from a financial institution’s perspective. A focus of the Presentation…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Birmingham, Alabama Outdoor Sign/Component Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Sign Builders, Inc. (“SBI”) entered into a September 19th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain hazardous waste regulations. See Consent Order No. 19-XXX-CHW. The CO provides that SBI operates a commercial…
Judicial Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment Pulaski County Circuit Court Action Filed Against Storage Tank Owner/Operator
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed an October 7th Complaint against Routh Wrecker Service, Inc. (“Routh”) stating it was seeking injunctive relief and to compel compliance with a previously executed Consent Administrative Order…
U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board: Vickery, Ohio Hazardous Waste TSD Facility Challenges Certain Permit Conditions
Vickery Environmental, Inc. (“Vickery”) filed an October 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging certain conditions of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) permit that its…