No Time to Waste/Solution for America's Broken Recycling System: United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Hearing
The Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change (“Subcommittee”) of the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on June 30th titled: No Time to Waste: Solutions for America’s Broken Recycling System (“Hearing”) The Hearing provided an overview of…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hermitage Commercial Transportation Log Yard Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Clanton Transport LLC (“Clanton”) entered into a June 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of certain Arkansas statutory provisions related to water discharges. See…
Licenses and the Law Series, Part X: A Review
July 13, 2022
by Stuart P. Miller
In addition, this article was co-authored by former Attorneys Lindsey Vechik and Peyton Hildebrand. In this final article, we want to leave you with a review of the major takeaways. First, check your liability insurance as soon as you receive a complaint against your license, and report the claim…
pH/Aluminum/Copper: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to New Hampshire POTW NPDES Permit Conditions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) issued a June 17th decision challenging certain conditions in a Keene, New Hampshire, (“City”) Public Owned Treatment Works (“POTW”) Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Westport, Massachusetts, Recycling Facility Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and A & E Metal Recycling and Packaging, Inc. (“A & E”) entered into a June 21st Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No. CWA-01-2022-0042. The ESA provides that A & E had…