Waste Tire Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Jackson Waste Tire Stockpile Owner Enter into Agreed Consent Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Vemoci, LLC (“Vemoci”) entered into a January 8th Agreed Consent Order (“ACO”) addressing issues associated with a waste tire pile. See Order No. 7533 25. The ACO provides that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality…
Summer Effluent Limit/Clean Water Act: Medway, POTW Challenges NPDES Permit Before U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board
The Charles River Pollution Control District (“District”) filed a January 13th document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) styled: Petition for Review of Charles River Pollution Control District for NPDES Permit Issued by Region 1…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting - January 23rd Meeting/Agenda Announced
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment announced the agenda for the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) meeting on January 23rd. The Commission is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Order/Assessment of Civil Penalty Addressing Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“”Board”) issued a Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Nokian Tyres U.S. Operation (“Nokian”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Case No. APC25-0151. The Order provides that Nokian operates a rubber…
Section 401/Clean Water Act: U.S. EPA Issues Proposed Rule Addressing Certification
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on January 13th a proposed rule addressing the certification process under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The proposed rule narrows the Section 401 scope with the EPA stating that it would: … return Clean Water Act (CWA)…