Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order/Assessment Addressing Fentress County Retail Motor Fuel Facility
September 1, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an August 11th proposed Order and Assessment (“Order’) to Murphy Oil USA, Inc. (“Murphy”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Division of Underground Storage Tanks…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Sebastian County Natural Gas Compressor Station Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Enable Midstream Partners, LP – Ursula Compressor Station (“Enable”) entered into a July 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See LIS No. 23-058…
Solid Waste Removal Service/Temporary Waste Projects: Carroll County, Arkansas, Circuit Court Complaint Filed Alleging City of Holiday Island Unconstitutional Monopoly
Steven Hedrick and X-Dumpsters (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed an August 22nd Complaint in Carroll County, Arkansas, Circuit Court against the City of Holiday Island, Arkansas, alleging a violation of civil rights under the Arkansas Constitution. See Case CV No. 2023-85. The Complaint alleges…
Alternate PCB Extraction Methods: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Promulgates Final Rule Amending Cleanup/Disposal Regulations
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a final rule in the August 29th Federal Register finalizing what it described as an: . . . expanded set of extraction and determinative methods that can be used to characterize and verify the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls…
Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Clay County Rock Crushing Plant Enter into Administrative Order on Consent
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Liberty Aggregates, LLC, (“Liberty”) entered into a July 17th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing alleged violations of the Missouri Air Regulations. See No. APCP-2022-049. The AOC provides that Liberty operates a rock…