Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Columbia Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and GRI-APS (“GRI”) entered into a April 16th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the ADEM Administrative Code addressing air requirements. The CO states that GRI applied to construct and operate an Ethylene Oxide…
Underground Storage Tank/Industrial Property Sale: Oregon Appellate Court Addresses Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim
The Court of Appeals of Oregon (“Court of Appeals”) addressed in an April 24th Opinion an issue arising out of the sale of an industrial property. See Gunner, LLC v. Miller, 2024 WL 1756829. The question involved whether the seller of the property fraudulently misrepresented the existence of an…
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission: May 15th Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission has scheduled its next meeting for May 15th at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas. The agenda includes the following substantive items: Administrative Business …
Underground Injection Control: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition Filed Addressing Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Permit
Two individuals filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”) challenging an Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Class II-D permit issued to Penneco Environmental Solutions, LLC (“PES”). The…
Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency April 17th Memorandum
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 17th memorandum addressing: Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy (“Memorandum”) The Memorandum was transmitted from EPA Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance David M. Uhlmann to the following agency…