Volkswagen Settlement Updates: Arkansas's Revised Mitigation Plan and Program Deadlines
In 2015, when confronted with a United States Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Violation of the Clean Air Act, Volkswagen admitted to installing defeat devices in the diesel engine software of approximately 500,000 U.S. vehicles in order to bypass emissions tests. As a result of…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Penalty Assessment Related to Harriman, Tennessee Scrap Facility
November 11, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TAPCB”) issued an October 24th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to PSC Metals, LLC (“PSC”). See Division of Air Pollution Case No. APC19-0139. The Order addresses a PSC scrap facility (“Facility”) located in Harriman…
Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit?: SCOTUSblog Post Discusses U.S. Supreme Court Argument
Georgetown University Law Professor Lisa Heinzerling discusses the recent oral argument in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund in a November 7th SCOTUSblog post. The United States Supreme Court had previously granted a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Ninth Circuit decision Hawai’i…
Section 404/Clean Water Act: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District) Public Notices Faulkner County, Arkansas Agricultural Project Application
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District) (“Corps”) issued a November 6th Public Notice (“Notice”) regarding a Section 404 Clean Water Act application by Schaefers Brothers Farm. The application requests authorization for the placement of dredged and fill material in water of…
Stormwater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Harvest, Alabama Residential Subdivision Contractor Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Campbell & Mance Resources, LLC (“CMR”) entered into a Consent Order addressing alleged violations of a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) General Construction Permit. See Consent Order (“CO”) 19-XXX-CLD. CMR is…