U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposal to Designate POFA/PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances: American Farm Bureau Comments
The American Farm Bureau (“AFB”) submitted comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing its proposal to designate two of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) hazardous…
OSHA Announces New Enforcement Guidance: Application of Instance-By-Instance Penalty Adjustments
OSHA Announces New Enforcement Guidance: Application of Instance-By-Instance Penalty Adjustments The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA’) announced in a January 26th news release new guidance for Regional and Area Offices when issuing Instance-By-Instance (“IBI”) citations for…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Cleveland County School District Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Woodlawn School District #6 (“Woodlawn”) entered into a December 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination…
Superfund/CERCLA: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Allocation of Cleanup Costs
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a January 31st Opinion a dispute between two Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“Superfund or CERCLA”) responsible parties. See Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, LLC vs…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Frederick, Maryland, Training and Shooting Center Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Heritage Training and Shooting Center, LLC (“Heritage”) entered into a January 6th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations. See Docket No…