Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Phillips County Biodiesel Production Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
December 29, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Solfuels USA Inc. (“Solfuels”) entered into a December 7th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 21-134. The CAO provides that Solfuels owns and…
Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and West Virginia Grocery Stores Operator Enter into Consent Agreement
December 28, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and U-Save Food Store, Inc. (“U-Save”) entered into a December 13th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the West Virginia Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See EPA Docket No. RCRA-03-2022-0005. The CA…
Section 401 Water Quality Certification/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Questions and Answers Document Addressing 2020 Rule Vacatur
December 28, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on December 17th a document titled: Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Questions and Answers on the 2020 Rule Vacatur (“Q&A”) The Q&A was drafted to provide questions and answers in response to what would…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Rector Enter into Consent Administrative Order
December 28, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Rector, Arkansas, (“Rector”) entered into an October 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination…
Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCRM 5)/Safe Drinking Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Requiring Collection of PFAS and Lithium Occurrence Data
December 27, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a final rule undertaking revisions to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (“UCMR 5”) for public water systems (“PWSs”). See 86 Fed. Reg. No. 73131. UCMR 5 will require certain PWSs to…
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