Criminal Enforcement/ RCRA: US Department of Justice Announces Sentencing of Madison Heights, Michigan Plating Company/ Owner
November 12, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Issued on November 6th a press release announcing the sentencing of Electro- Plating Services Inc (“EPS”) and its owner Gary Sayers for alleged violations of the Resources Conservation Recovery Act (“RCRA”). The EPS facility is stated to use a plating…
Renewable Energy Production: U.S. District Court Addresses Dispute Involving Development Agreement
November 11, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
A United States District Court (Rhode Island) (“Court”) addressed in a November 6th Order a procedural motion associated with a dispute regarding parties who had entered into a series of agreements to develop renewable energy production facilities in Rhode Island. The dispute involved the…
Volkswagen Settlement Updates: Arkansas's Revised Mitigation Plan and Program Deadlines
In 2015, when confronted with a United States Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Violation of the Clean Air Act, Volkswagen admitted to installing defeat devices in the diesel engine software of approximately 500,000 U.S. vehicles in order to bypass emissions tests. As a result of…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Penalty Assessment Related to Harriman, Tennessee Scrap Facility
November 11, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TAPCB”) issued an October 24th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to PSC Metals, LLC (“PSC”). See Division of Air Pollution Case No. APC19-0139. The Order addresses a PSC scrap facility (“Facility”) located in Harriman…
Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit?: SCOTUSblog Post Discusses U.S. Supreme Court Argument
Georgetown University Law Professor Lisa Heinzerling discusses the recent oral argument in County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund in a November 7th SCOTUSblog post. The United States Supreme Court had previously granted a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Ninth Circuit decision Hawai’i…