Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Environmental Group Alleges Failure by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Address State of Washington TMDL Program Deficiencies
Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NEA”) filed a September 26th Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Action in United States District Court alleging that the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) 2016 approval of Washington’s 2012 list of Clean Water Act impaired waters was arbitrary…
Status of the Watershed 2019: Ozarks Water Watch Report
Ozarks Water Watch (“OWW”) issued its annual report (“Report”) summarizing water quality in the Upper White River Basin. Data from the Report is a result of volunteer efforts which is described as: . . . more than 3,400 monitoring events across the basin, provide the essential testing data for the…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty to Bristol, Tennessee Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a September 25th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Gregory Pharmaceutical holdings, Inc. (“Gregory”). Gregory is stated to operate a facility (“Facility”) in Bristol, Tennessee. The Technical Secretary…
Arkansas Energy Personnel Moves: Aaron Littlefield (Littlefield Oil Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas) Elected 2020 Chair of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America Board
Aaron Littlefield, III, has been elected the 2020 Petroleum Marketers Association of America (“PMAA”) Chair of the Board. Aaron is President of Littlefield Oil Company based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Aaron was named Chair at PMAA’s Fall meeting at the National Association of Convenience Stores…
October 9th White House Executive Orders: Administrative Enforcement/Agency Guidance Document
The White House on October 9th issued two executive documents that are relevant to federal environmental enforcement: Executive Order on Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness and Civil Administrative Enforcement Adjudication (“EO Transparency”) Executive Order on Promoting…