Safe Drinking Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Uintah County, Utah Class II Injection Well Operator Enter Into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Wapiti Operating, LLC (“WO”) entered into a June 4th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of a Class II Injection Well, EPA UIC Permit. See Docket No. SDWA-08-2026-0038. WO is stated to own and/or operate Class II…
Reducing Risk from PFOA and PFOS in Biosolids: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority Comments Addressing U.S. EPA Draft Guidance
The Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority (“LRWRA”) submitted October 5th comments on a document the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published on June 29th titled: Draft Guidance for Reducing Risk from Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)…
Microplastics/U.S. Government Accountability Office: Congressional Request to Review U.S. EPA Efforts to Assess Presence/Risk
24 Members of Congress and United States Senators have written the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) in a September 28th letter asking that it: … conduct a comprehensive review of the Environmental Protection Agency's (“EPA”) efforts to effectively assess the presence and risks…
Oil Discharge Enforcement: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Manassas Biological Resource Center Enter into Order by Consent
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“VDEQ”) and America Type Culture Collection (“ATCC”) entered into a August 31st Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing an alleged discharge of oil. The Order provides that ATCC owns and operates a private, nonprofit, global biological resource center…
Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: Trout Unlimited Comments on U.S. EPA Supplemental Proposed Rule
Trout Unlimited (“TU”) submitted October 9th comments addressing the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s: Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States” (“Supplemental Proposed Rule”). See Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322; 91 Fed. Reg…