Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Ragland, Alabama, Cement Manufacturing/Limestone Quarry Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and National Cement Company of Alabama, Inc., (“National”) entered into a proposed June 25th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a Major Source Operating Permit (i.e., air permit). National is stated to operate a cement…
Arkansas State Implementation Plan: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Notice Partially Approving Plan Revisions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve portions of Arkansas’ state implementation plan (SIP) addressing the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The SIP provides for implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the 2015 NAAQS such…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Assessment of Civil Penalty Related to Grand Junction Sawmill Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a June 17th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to D&T Sawmill LLC (“D&T”). See Case No. APC20-0014. The Order provides that D&T operates a sawmill facility (“Facility”) in Grand Junction…
COVID-19/Addendum on Termination: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 29th Memorandum titled: COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program: Addendum on Termination (“Addendum”) The Addendum is transmitted from Susan Parker Bodine, EPA Assistant Manager for…
MS4/NPDES Permit: City of Little Rock and Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Enter into Permit Appeal Resolution
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Little Rock (“Little Rock”) entered into a June 19th Permit Appeal Resolution (“PAR”) addressing a previously filed Request for Commission Review and Adjudicatory Hearing (“Request”) before the…