Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Warren Gasification Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 23, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Price Services, Inc. (“PSI”) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Case #: CAO-25-0005. The CAO provides that PSI owns…
Title V/Clean Air Act: Environmental Integrity Project Petition to Object Filed Addressing Modeste, Louisiana Ammonia Production Facility
September 22, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Environmental Integrity Project and two other organizations filed a September 4th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to a permit issued to CF Industries Blue Point LLC (“CFI”) to operate a new ammonia production facility in…
New Ammonia Criteria Implementation: Zachary Carroll, PhD, P.E. (Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment) Arkansas Rural Water Association Technical Conference Presentation
September 22, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Zachary Carroll, PhD, P.E., undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Rural Water Association Annual Technical Conference titled: NEW AMMONIA CRITERIA IMPLEMENTATION (“Presentation”). Zachary serves as the Engineering Supervisor in the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of…
Wastewater Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Portland Food Processing Facility
September 22, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a June 25th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Yoshida Foods International, LLC (“YFI”) addressing an alleged unpermitted discharge of wastewater. See Case No. WQ/I-NWR-2026-546. The Notice provides that YFI…
National Environmental Policy Act/Forest Management Plan: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Bureau of Land Management Environmental Assessment
September 21, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Court of Appeals (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a September 17th memorandum an issue arising under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). See Cascadia Wildlands, et al., v. United States Bureau of Land Management, et al., 2026 WL 2772092. The question addressed is whether…