Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Leesville, South Carolina Timber Products Facility Enter Into Expedited Settlement Agreement
February 18, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Leesville, South Carolina Timber Products Facility Enter Into Expedited Settlement Agreement The United Stated Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and South Carolina Pole and Piling, Inc (“SCPPI”) entered into a February 11th…
Water Withdrawals/Duck River: Southern Environmental Law Center and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Enter into Settlement Agreements
February 18, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Water Withdrawals/Duck River: Southern Environmental Law Center and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Enter into Settlement Agreements The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) on behalf of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation entered into multiple Settlement Agreements…
Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act: Legislation Shielding Water Utilities Introduced by Representatives Gluesenkamp Perez (D - WA) and Maloy (R - UT)
February 14, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
United States House of Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington) and Celeste Maloy (Utah) introduced legislation titled: Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act (“Act”). The objective of the legislation is to provide statutory liability protection for water utilities under the…
Citizen Suit Actions/Clean Water Act: Environmental Integrity Project Files Lawsuits Against Two Louisiana Petroleum Coke Plants
February 14, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana against the following: RAIN CII CARBON, LLC. – Sulfur, Louisiana. REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY, LLC. – Lake Charles, Louisiana. The citizen…
Water Well Construction Committee/Arkansas Department of Agriculture February 26th Meeting Scheduled
February 14, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced the next Water Well Construction Committee (“Committee”) will meet on February 26th. The Committee will meet at 10:00 A.M. at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Division Office in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Arkansas Water Well…