From Gridlock to Growth/Permitting Reform Under the Clean Air: U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment/Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing
September 18, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Subcommittee on Environment of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held a September 16th hearing titled: From Gridlock to Growth: Permitting Reform Under the Clean Air Act (“Hearing”). The stated purpose of the Hearing was to focus on: …potential reforms to…
Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Three Rivers Waterkeeper and Monaca, Pennsylvania Plastic Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Decree Addressing Alleged Violations Associated with Plastic Pellets
September 18, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper entered into a September 3rd Consent Decree and Order (“Consent Decree”) with BVPV Styrenics LLC and its parent company, Styropek USA, Inc. addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-02067-NR. The two environmental…
SSO/Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Cabot Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 18, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Cabot, Arkansas entered into an April 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
Effluent Guidelines/Meat and Poultry Products Category: Environmental Organizations File Petition Challenging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Decision to Impose No Additional Wastewater Discharge Requirements
September 17, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and a number of other environmental organizations filed a September 15th Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit challenging an August 13th United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) decision…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks – September Meeting Agenda
September 17, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks meets monthly…
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