Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Kansas City, Kansas, Lubricating Oil Manufacturer Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Fuchs Lubricants Co. (“Fuchs”) entered into an April 28th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (“RCRA”) hazardous waste regulations. See Docket No…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Hoxie Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Hoxie (“Hoxie”) entered into a March 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
Heating Oil Release/Alleged Delivery Company Liability: New York Appellate Court Addresses Summary Judgment Request
The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York (“Court”) addressed in a May 13th Opinion an issue arising out of litigation involving the release of heating oil. See John A. Scott, et al. v. Triborough Energy Corp., 2021 WL 1914280. The Court scenario involved an action under the…
Test Methods/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Finalizes Revisions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a May 19th Federal Register Notice finalizing revisions to approved test methods in 40 C.F.R. Part 136 addressing wastewater sampling. See 86 Fed. Reg. 27226. EPA is required by the Clean Water Act to promulgate test procedures…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: May 26th Meeting (Teleconference)
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…