Multimedia Environmental Enforcement: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and Elmore/Owyhee Counties Beef Feedlot Operator Enter Into Consent Judgment
September 5, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and Idaho State Department of Agriculture (collectively, “IDEQ”) entered into an August 15th Draft Consent Judgment (“CJ”) with J.R. Simplot Co. and Simplot Livestock Co. (collectively, “JRS”) addressing alleged violations of certain state and federal…
RCRA/Tulsa, Oklahoma Refinery: U.S. EPA Appeals Board Addresses Jurisdictional Issue
September 4, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed a Petition challenging a HF Sinclair Tulsa Refining LLC -West Refinery (“Refinery”) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) Corrective Action and Post-Closure Permit (“Permit”). The…
Water Well Construction Committee/Arkansas Department of Agriculture September 10th Meeting Scheduled
September 4, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced the next Water Well Construction Committee (“Committee”) will meet on September 10th. The Committee will meet at 9:30 A.M. at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Division Office in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Arkansas Water Well…
Stormwater Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing West Linn Steel Fabrication Facility
September 4, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a July 17th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Assessment”) to BBC Steel Corp. (“BBC”) alleging a violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Stormwater General Permit. See Case…
2025 Arkansas Solid Waste Association of North America Annual Meeting/Update: Randy Thurman, Government Solutions, LLC - Solid Waste Legislative Update
September 3, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Randy Thurman undertook a presentation at the August 20, 2025, Arkansas Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) Annual Meeting/Update in Conway, Arkansas titled: Solid Waste Legislative Update (“Update”). Randy is a Partner with Government Solutions, LLC, handling a variety of…