Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Technical Secretary's Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Athens Spa Manufacturing Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued on August 20th a proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Dynasty Spas, Inc. (“DSI”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Case No. APC25-0096. DSI is stated to operate a facility in…
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Will Undertake Sampling Program
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Office of Water Quality Deputy Director, Ms. Stacie Wassell, announced during an October 9th Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention presentation that the agency will be undertaking a per- and…
Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Order Addressing Petition for Objection Related to an Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Chemical Manufacturing Facility
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressed in a September 11th Order a Petition for Objection to a Title V Operating Permit for the Neville Chemical Company filed by Environmental Integrity Project and three other organizations. See Petition No. III-2024-22. The other three…
Construction Stormwater Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Portland Site
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a September 4th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Central Transport, LLC (“CT”) and Crown Enterprises, LLC (“CE”). See Case No. WQ-SW-NWR-2025-538. The Notice states that CT and CE are the owner and operator…
Clean Air Act Judicial/Administrative Litigation Developments/2024-2025: October 9th Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention Presentation
I undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention in Hot Springs on October 9th titled: Clean Air Act Judicial/Administrative Litigation Developments: 2024-2025. The presentation addressed a variety of federal and state air judicial decisions, air administrative…