CERCLA/Superfund Cost Recovery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Seven Potentially Responsible Parties Enter into Consent Decree Addressing German Township, Ohio, Industrial Waste Landfill
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and seven Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) entered into a May 20th Consent Decree addressing the Tremont City Barrel Fill Superfund site (“Site”) in German…
NPDES Permitting/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Motion to Dismiss Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality U.S. District Court Action
As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court (“Eastern District – Arkansas”) against the United States…
Electric Power Section Generation/Summer 2022: U.S. Energy Information Administration Projects Larger Solar/Wind Increases
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a May 19th report titled: Solar and Wind to be Larger Sources of United States Electricity Generation This Summer This report is a component of EIA’s Summer Electric Outlook publication. The increases are stated to be due to new…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Birmingham Plastic Product Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Glasforms, Inc. (“Glasforms”) entered into a May 20th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama hazardous waste regulations. See Consent Order No. 22-XXX-CHW. The CO provides that Glasforms operates a…
Construction-Related Property Damage/Insurance Coverage: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Silica Dust Exclusion
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) addressed in a May 18th Opinion whether an insurance policy addressed certain alleged dust-related property damage. See Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Dingmann Brothers Construction of Richmond, Inc., et al., No…