Regional Haze/Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Environmental Organizations' Comments on EPA Solicitation of Potential Regulatory Changes to Implementation/Structure
The Environmental Defense Fund and eleven other environmental organizations filed December 1st Comments addressing an October 2nd Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) issued by EPA styled: Visibility Protection: Regional Haze State Plan Requirements Rule Revision, Advanced Notice of…
Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Friends of Hurricane Creek and City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama Enter into Consent Decree
Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Friends of Hurricane Creek (collectively, “Friends”) entered into a November 19th Order on Consent Decree (“CD”) with the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit and…
2023 Triennial Review/ Arkansas Water Quality Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Letter Addressing Revisions to 8 CAR § 21 (Rule 2)
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ ADEQ”) announced that the Region 6 Office of United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has completed its review of the 2023 Triennial Review 8 CAR pt. 21 (Rule 2). EPA notified ADEQ of its completed…
Biosolids/Clean Water Act: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Appeal Dismissal of Citizen Suit Action Alleging EPA Failure to Address PFAS
The United States District for the District of Columbia (“Court”) addressed in a September 29th Memorandum Opinion and Order (“Memorandum”) an action against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), and intervenor-defendant National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”)…
CERCLA/Federal Facilities: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Issue Fact Sheet
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued an October 2025 document titled: Risk Mitigation Practices Fact Sheet (“Fact Sheet”). ASTSWMO states that the purpose of the Fact Sheet is to: Help regulators identify when RMP should be considered to: …