Medical Waste/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: California Attorney General and California Hospital Organization/Health Plan Enter into Settlement
September 12, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The California Attorney General and six State District Attorneys entered into a Settlement (styled “Stipulation for Entry of Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction”) on September 8th with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (collectively, “Kaiser”) addressing…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hot Springs Aircraft Structural Parts Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 12, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Triumph Airborne Structures, LLC, (“Triumph) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 23-061. The CAO provides that…
Eastern Hellbender/Endangered Species Act: Federal District Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Denial of Endangered/Threatened Listing
September 11, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States District Court (Southern District of New York) (“Court”) addressed in a September 5th Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) a Complaint filed by several environmental organizations challenging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) decision to not list the eastern…
Washington County Landfill Expansion: Eco-Vista, LLC, and Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Responses to Petitioners Joint Second Motion for Summary Judgment
September 11, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
As noted in April 19th and April 18th blogs, the Mayor of Tontitown and certain individuals (collectively, “Petitioners’) filed separate requests for an Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) challenging the Arkansas…
Stormwater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and a Chilton County Racetrack Enter into Consent Order
September 11, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Buckshot Speedway, LLC, (“Buckshot”) entered into an August 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code encompassing stormwater discharges. Buckshot is described as constructing a commercial…