On March 14, 2024, EPA Administrator Michael Regan signed a final rule requiring certain facilities to develop facility response plans (FRP) for a worst-case discharge of Clean Water Act (CWA) hazardous substances or the threat of such a discharge. Worst-case discharges are defined as the largest foreseeable discharge in adverse weather conditions, [...]
Metal fabrication creates byproducts that take a considerable amount of time to remove and require a complex process. The machining, metal fabrication, and finishing industry must meet EPA and local wastewater requirements for effluent, including those under the Clean Water Act. Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA has identified [...]
In a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Supplemental Proposal), the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) note that their July 27, 2017, notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to repeal the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Water Rule defining the Clean Water Act (CWA) term Waters of the [...]
In late May, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers unveiled the final version of the Clean Water Rule, aka WOTUS, for its redefinition of Waters of the United States. What is WOTUS and What Does It Do Briefly, WOTUS redefines which [...]
Drowning by EPA Overreach The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently found itself in hot water. The New York Times revealed the agency colluded with environmentalist groups in a campaign to manufacture public comments in favor of a new rule that expands its own power. The agency’s actions and the shenanigans of [...]
Below are hefty fines one company paid for violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). What went wrong? How much was the fine? And, what was the costly fix? In this case, a [...]
The Senate Appropriations Committee on recently advanced a $30.01 billion spending bill that takes aim at President Obama’s environmental regulations. The bill would fund the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Interior Department for fiscal 2016, which begins Oct. 1, by $400 million below the level Congress enacted [...]
Certain materials are excluded from the definition of solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). If a material is not a solid waste, it cannot be a hazardous waste. In other words; for a material to be a hazardous waste it must first meet [...]
Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), shipyards and marinas must be authorized to discharge wastewater and have stormwater pollution plans to protect against polluted runoff. One recent enforcement action against a shipyard resulted in a penalty as well as an opportunity for other such operations nearby to [...]
