PFAS/Clean Water Act: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Conservation Law Foundation Petition for Review of Manchester, New Hampshire NPDES Permit
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in an August 12th decision a Petition for Review by the Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) of Region 1’s renewal of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
Wetland Program Plans Handbook: Association of State Wetland Managers Announces Updated Version
The National Association of Wetland Managers (“NAWM”) issued a document titled: Wetland Program Plans Handbook (“Handbook”). The Handbook is stated to have been developed as part of a project by NAWM to: … provide states and tribes with information about how to develop Wetland Program Plans…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Mansfield Treatment Center Enter Into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Arkansas Department of Human Services (“ADHS”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge…
CERCLA/Gas Station: Federal Court Addresses the Applicability of Petroleum Exclusion
The United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (“Fourth Circuit”) addressed in a July 30th Opinion an issue arising out of a landowner’s Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and common law action alleging contamination from a neighboring gas station…
Solid Waste/Recycling Legal/Regulatory Update: Arkansas Solid Waste Association of North America Annual Meeting Presentation
I undertook a presentation at the August 6th Arkansas Solid Waste Association of North America Annual Meeting titled: Solid Waste/Recycling Legal/Regulatory Update (“Presentation”). The Presentation addressed a variety of federal and state decisions, litigation, rulings, regulations, policies…