Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Crockett, California Sugar Refinery Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and C&H Sugar Company, Inc. (“CH”) entered into an October 27th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No. CWA-09-2026-0002. The CAFO provides that CH owns/operates a sugar…
Confidential Treatment of Data Request: Beaver County Ethylene Cracker Facility Appeals Pennsylvania DEP Classification of Information as Emission Data
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (“Shell”) filed a Notice of Appeal (“Notice”) before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board on September 25th objecting to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (“PDEP”) denying the company’s request that certain supplied data be treated as…
Arkansas Water Plan Update: Summary of Activities Completed/Preliminary Timeline Extending Through 2026 Announced
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture (“ADA”) issued an October 27th news release addressing the ongoing Arkansas Water Plan (“AWP”) update. The news release addresses the summary of activities completed to date and a preliminary timeline of additional work extending through 2026. The AWP has been…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Kyles Ford Electric Cooperative Backup Generating Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued on October 21st a Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Powell Valley Electric Cooperative (“PVEC”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Case No. APC25-0154. The Order provides that PVEC…
Cooling the Cloud/Water Utilities in a Data-Driven World: American Water Works Association Report
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) issued a report titled: Cooling the Cloud: Water Utilities in a Data-Driven World (“Report”). AWWA states that it produced the Report to: …help water utilities better understand some of the challenges, opportunities, key decision points, and other…