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…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and El Dorado Industrial Cable Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 26, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Amercable Incorporated (“AI”) entered into an August 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See LIS No. 25-062. The CAO provides that AI owns and…
Lead and Copper Rule/Safe Drinking Water Act: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Files Amicus Curiae Before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
September 25, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) filed on September 19th a Brief for Amicus Curiae in support of the various organizations challenging the Safe Drinking Water Act Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (“LCRI”). A Petition had been filed by the American Water Works Association and…
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