Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Cities of Cotter/Gassville Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Cities of Cotter and Gassville, Arkansas (collectively, “Cities”) entered into a June 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National…
Federal Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking Cryptocurrency User Identities
August 22, 2022
by Anton L. Janik, Jr.
Back in 2005 when I was a trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice, I worked to enforce the John Doe summons on PayPal, Inc. in the federal district court in the Northern District of California, which summons sought to uncover the identities of several thousand PayPal users holding…
Risk Management Program/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Proposed Revisions to Accidental Release Prevention Requirements
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on August 18th announced a prepublication proposed rule that would amend the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (“RMP”) regulations. EPA describes the proposed revisions as including: Changes and amplifications to the accident prevention…
Minimum Recycled Plastic Content Legislation: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Updates Position
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) announced an updated position statement on legislation addressing: Use of recycled plastics in the manufacture of new products Minimum mandates for recycled plastics in certain products imposed through legislation for the purposes of…
Arkansas State Marketing Board for Recyclables and Compliance Advisory Panel: August 24th Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas State Marketing Board for Recyclables and Compliance Advisory Panel (“Board”) is scheduled to meet on August 24th. The meeting will be an in-person meeting at 11:00 a.m. at the Waste Management Two Pines Landfill, 100 Two Pine Drive, Little Rock, AR. The Board meets quarterly and…