PM2.5/Clean Air Act: 105 Environmental Organizations Letter to EPA Proposing Motion for Vacatur of Revised NAAQS
105 groups and organizations (“EOs”) sent a December 16th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator opposing the agency’s Motion for Vacatur (“Motion”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in regard to pending challenges to the PM2.5…
Stormwater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Baldwin County Residential Developer Enter Into Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Wilkes Construction Company, Inc. (“WCC”) entered into a November 7th Order addressing alleged violations of a Stormwater Construction Clean Water Act General Permit. See Order 26-XXX-CLD. The Order provides that WCC is constructing a…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Assessment of Civil Penalty Addressing Lawrenceburg Industrial Wood Furniture Manufacturing Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a November 17th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Prime Hospitality Group, LLC (“Prime”) alleging a violation of the Tennessee Air Regulations. See Case No. APC25-0191. The Order provides that Prime…
Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Ashland, Virginia Facility Etner into Consent Administrative Order
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and James River Petroleum, Inc. (“JRP”) entered into a September 30th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the State of Virginia underground storage tank (“UST”) regulations. See Docket No. RCRA-03-2025-0117. The CA…
Wastewater Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Portland Groundwater Remediation System
December 31, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued an October 9th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Seaport Midstream Partners, LLC (“SMP”) addressing violations of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit. See No. WQ-M-WR-2024-027. The…