Flares/Clean Air Act: Environmental Organizations and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enter into Consent Decrees Regarding Alleged Failure to Undertake Certain Non-Discretionary Duties
The Environmental Integrity Project and nine other environmental organizations entered into proposed consent decrees with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to resolve a Clean Air Act citizen suit that alleged a failure to undertake certain non-discretionary duties under the…
NESHAP/Bulk Gasoline Terminals: NESCAUM Comments on Proposed Technology Review/Standards of Performance
The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (“NESCAUM”) submitted August 9th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Gasoline Distribution Technology Review and Standards of Performance…
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…