The Biden Administration's First 100 Days/Priority Environmental Actions: Waterkeeper Alliance Position Paper
December 22, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Waterkeeper Alliance has issued a position paper titled: The Biden Administration’s First 100 Days – Priority Environmental Actions (December 2020) (“Paper”) Waterkeeper describes itself as including more than 350 Waterkeeper member organizations and affiliates based in 48 countries. One of…
Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Eagan, Minnesota, Lead Smelting Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
December 22, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gopher Resource, LLC, (“GR”) entered into a November 30th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Clean Air Act National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (“NESHAP”) rules. See…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Mississippi County Carbon Processing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
December 22, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mid-Continent Coal & Coke Company (“Mid-Continent”) entered into a December 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See LIS No. 20-194. Mid-Continent…
Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finalizes Regulatory Definition for the Term "Habitat"
December 21, 2020
by Jordan P. Wimpy
On Wednesday, December 16, 2020, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the Service) finalized for the first time a regulatory definition for the term “habitat,” as the term is used in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the various implementing regulations. See 85 Fed. Reg. 81,411 (Dec. 16, 2020). The…
Wastewater Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Knox County Travel Center/Service Station Enter into Consent Order
December 21, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and TA Operating, LLC (“HPTTA”) entered into a December 2nd Consent Order and Assessment (“Consent Order”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See…