Underground Injection Control/Safe Drinking Water Act: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to Activities Associated with South Dakota Uranium Mining
September 29, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) issued a September 12th Order addressing a Petition for Review of two Underground Injection Control Permit decisions EPA Region 8 had issued. See UIC Appeal No. 25-01. EPA Region 8 reissued the Permits…
Five Decades of Water Restoration Research, What's Been Learned and What are We Going to Do Differently?: Arkansas Water Webinar - October 16th
September 29, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) has announced the next Arkansas Water Webinar which is titled: Five Decades of Water Restoration Research, What’s Been Learned and What are We Going to Do Differently? (“Webinar”). The speakers include: Matt Julius, PhD Professor, St. Cloud State…
Wastewater Discharge: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Klamath Falls Plywood Mill
September 29, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a July 22nd Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Columbia Plywood Corporation (“CPC”) addressing alleged violations of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit. See Case No…
Insurance Coverage/Perchloroethylene: Federal Court Addresses Whether Duty to Defend Triggered Through Insured's Actions Addressing Contamination
September 26, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States District Court (S.D. Indiana) (“Court”) in a September 23rd Order addressed insurance coverage issues associated with an apartment complex contaminated by perchloroethylene (“PCE”). See Thompson Thrift Development, Inc., et al., v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, 2025 WL…
Persistent Chemicals/U.S. Department of Energy Should Complete Efforts to Review PFAS Use: U.S. Government Accountability Office Report
September 26, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a September 10th report titled: PERSISTENT CHEMICALS: DOE Should Complete Efforts to Review PFAS Use (“Report”). See GAO-25-107809. The GAO states that Certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) have been associated…