UIC/SSO Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Salesville Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Salesville, Arkansas, (“Salesville”) entered into an April 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations involving the Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Code…
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations/ Water Pollution Control: Maryland Circuit Court Addresses Whether Permit Should Have Included Gaseous Ammonia Prohibition
A Montgomery County, Maryland, Circuit Court (“Court”) addressed in a Memorandum Opinion (“Opinion”) whether a reissued State Discharge Permit No. 19AF/National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit No. MDG01 (“Permit”) should have included a prohibition on gaseous ammonia. See In Re…
Arkansas-Louisiana Open Pine Landscape Restoration: U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Partnership Project Award
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”) announced 85 new partnership projects in the amount of $335 million that are stated to be intended to: Improve water quality Address climate change Combat drought Enhance soil health Support wildlife…
Beverage Containers/California Redemption Value Program: Seven Individuals Indicted for Alleged Fraud
The California Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a Felony Complaint (“Complaint”) in the Superior Court of the State of California (County of San Bernardino) on April 14th against seven individuals (collectively “Individuals”) for alleged involvement in a fraud scheme to bring ineligible empty…
Asphalt Roof Shingles/Remediation: Federal Court Addresses Whether RCRA Citizen Suit Limited by State Court Settlement
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (“Court”), in a March 26th Opinion addressed issues involving a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action, 42 U.S.C. § 6972(a)(1)(B). See Jackson v. Blue Star Recycling, LLC, No. 3:20-CV-00967-M, 2021 WL…