Auto Dismantler Exemption/Solid Waste Permitting: Supreme Court of Oregon Addresses Applicability to Scrap Metal Recycling
December 20, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Supreme Court of Oregon (“S.Ct.”) addressed in a December 7th Opinion an issue involving the “Auto Dismantler Exemption” (“Exemption”) to the State of Oregon’s solid waste permitting program. See PNW Metal Recycling, Inc. v. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 371 Or. 673. The question…
Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Darcia Routh (Arkansas Department of Health Geologist Supervisor/Manager) Announces Retirement
December 20, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Ms. Darcia L. Routh, P.G., of the Arkansas Department of Health (“ADH”) announced that she will retire at the end of December. Ms. Routh has served for the past 12 years as a Geologist Supervisor and Manager in Source Water Protection in the ADH Drinking Water/Engineering Section. Source Water…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Neodesha, Kansas, Boat Manufacturer Enter into Consent Agreement
December 20, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Cobalt Boats, LLC (“Cobalt”) entered into a November 3rd Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the federal and Kansas hazardous waste regulations. See Docket No. RCRA-07-2023-0149. The CAFO provides…
Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: Federal Court Addresses Request to Vacate Consent Decree Based on Sackett
December 19, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
A United States District Court (W.D. Washington) (“Court”) addressed in a December 8th Order a request by Defendants Bobby Wolford Trucking & Salvage, Inc. (“Wolford Trucking”) and Karl Frederick Klock Pacific Bison, LLC (“KFKPB”) to modify or vacate a Consent Decree (“CD”) entered into in 2020…
Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Lawrence County, Kansas, Landfill Operator Enter into Consent Agreement (Including Use of Drone Technology)
December 19, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 12th news release indicating it had entered into a Consent Agreement with Hamm Inc. (“HI”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. HI is described as the owner/operator of a municipal sanitary landfill…