Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Montgomery County Food Container Production Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Genpak LLC (“Genpak”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. The CO provides that Genpak operates a food container production facility in Montgomery County, Alabama. ADEM is stated to have…
PM2.5/Clean Air Act: 17 Environmental/Health Organizations Challenge U.S. EPA Failure to Designate Attainment/Nonattainment Areas
The Environmental Defense Fund and 16 other health, community, and environmental organizations (collectively, “EDF”) filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States…
Energy Infrastructure and the Defense Industrial Base: Center for Strategic & International Studies Report
The Center for Strategic & International Studies (“CSIS”) issued a March 2026 report titled: Energy Infrastructure and the Defense Industrial Base (“Report”). The Report was authored by: Joseph Majkut. Alexander Palmer. Raj Sawhney. CSIS describes itself as a: … bipartisan, nonprofit policy…
Solid/Hazardous Waste Administrative/Judicial Developments 2025-2026: Arkansas Environmental Federation Presentation
I undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation’s Land Resources Seminar on April 14th in Little Rock titled: Solid Waste/Hazardous Waste Administrative/Judicial Developments – 2025-2026 (“Presentation”). The Presentation addressed the following topics: Hazardous Waste…
Establishing, Revising, Adopting, and Applying Categorical Exclusions Under the National Environmental Policy Act: Counsel on Environmental Quality Memorandum
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) issued an April 9th memorandum to the heads of federal departments and agencies styled: Establishing, Revising, Adopting, and Applying Categorical Exclusions Under the National Environmental Policy Act (“Memorandum”). CEQ’s duties include…