Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Order Denying Petition Objecting to Rochester, New Hampshire Solid Waste Management Facility
September 17, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an August 16th Order Denying a Petition Objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the Turnkey Recycling and Environmental Enterprises facility (“Facility”). See Petition…
Odor Enforcement: South Coast Air Quality Management District (California) Proposed Order Addressing Castaic Landfill
September 17, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (“South Coast AQMD”) issued an August 27th press release stating that its Hearing Board issued an Order for Abatement (“Order”) for the Chiquita Canyon Landfill (“CCL”). CCL is owned by Waste Connections and located in Castaic, California. The Order…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Lockesburg Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 17, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Lockesburg, Arkansas entered in an August 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
When The (IRS Refund) Check Isn't In the Mail
September 16, 2024
by Anton L. Janik, Jr.
A recent spate of mail thefts has left the IRS holding the bag when taxpayer refunds have failed to reach those taxpayers. Congress has begun looking into these thefts. Some have occurred from USPS employee theft, but others arise from outside intervening actors. According to an August 27, 2024…
Generic Prohibitions/NPDES Permits/Water Quality Standards: Environmental and Community Organizations' Amici Curai Brief Addressing City and County of San Francisco v. EPA (U.S. Supreme Court)
September 16, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
EarthJustice and other environmental/community organizations have filed a joint Amici Curai Brief in the United States Supreme Court styled: City and County of San Francisco v. EPA (“Brief”). See Docket No. 23-753. The organizations jointly filing the Brief include: EarthJustice. Columbia…