Striped Newt/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Center for Biological Diversity Issued Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Alleged Endangered Species Act Violations
September 23, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) transmitted a 60-day Notice of Intent To Sue (“NOI”) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). The alleged violations are stated to include the Service’s ESA failure to list the striped…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Pine Bluff Vermiculite Mixtures Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 23, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Sun Gro Horticulture Processing Inc. (“Sun Gro”) entered into a July 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See LIS No. 24-120. Sun Gro is stated to…
Biosolids/PFAS: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Moves to Dismiss Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Judicial Action Seeking Clean Water Act Regulation
September 20, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) filed in June a Judicial Action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) arguing that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has a non-discretionary duty to regulate several per-and…
Lime Manufacturing Plants/NESHAP: National Lime Association Files Petition for Review before U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
September 20, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The National Lime Association (“NLA”) filed on September 13th a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) promulgation of the following rule: National Emission Standards…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Bradley Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 20, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bradley, Arkansas entered into an August 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
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