On November 16, 2009, ENRD will celebrate the Division's 100th Anniversary!
Commemorative celebration plans will be finalized over the next several months, but early planning already is underway.
Click the envelope icon above to subscribe to our 100th Anniversary updates, or email enrd100@usdoj.gov to send an idea to the planning committee.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
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 The Honorable Ronald J. Tenpas was appointed the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the U.S. Department of Justice on May 30, 2007 and was subsequently confirmed by the Senate to serve permanently as Assistant Attorney General.
As Assistant Attorney General, he oversees all environmental litigation involving the United States arising under more than 150 federal statutes. These statutes include the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, CERCLA (Superfund), the Endangered Species Act, NEPA, and many others. The Division’s work spans affirmative suits to stop polluters and recover clean-up costs; defending federal agencies in their administration of federal programs, including management of federal lands and other natural resources; defending federal regulatory agencies that issue environmental regulations; litigation relating to tribes and their lands; and condemnations of federal land for public uses. The Division has about 400 lawyers and annual expenditures in excess of $160 million.
Mr. Tenpas has worked in the Department for a number of years, serving as Associate Deputy Attorney General; as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois; as an Assistant United States Attorney and Branch Chief in the District of Maryland; and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Middle District of Florida in Tampa, Florida, starting in 1997. He is former law clerk to the Honorable Louis Pollak, EDPA, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Mr. Tenpas received an International Relations degree from Michigan State University in 1985. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics, receiving a degree in 1987. After Oxford he attended the University of Virginia Law School from which he graduated in 1990, and where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Law Review.
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January 13, 2009
KIK (Virginia) LLC Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay Fine for Negligent Discharges to Sewer System (09-031)
KIK (Virginia) LLC pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Virginia to a misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act and agreed to pay a $75,000 criminal fine and $25,000 in community service payments for negligent discharges of bleach to the sanitary sewer system in Salem, Va. ( Read more) January 12, 2009
Sulfuric Acid Manufacturers Agree to Reduce Air Pollution at Facilities (09-025)
Three manufacturers of sulfuric acid have agreed to spend at least $12 million on air pollution controls that are expected to eliminate more than 3,000 tons of harmful emissions annually from six production plants in Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Chemtrade Logistics, Chemtrade Refinery Services and Marsulex also will pay a civil penalty of $700,000 under the Clean Air Act settlement. ( Read more) January 8, 2009
Oklahoma Pipeline Company to Pay Penalty for Jet Fuel Spill (09-017)
The Explorer Pipeline Company has agreed to pay a $3.3 million civil penalty in order to resolve an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a July 14, 2007, spill of over 6,500 barrels (approximately 275,000 gallons) of jet fuel from its interstate pipeline at a location near Huntsville, Texas. ( Read more) January 7, 2009
Settlement Reached in Virginia Stream and Stormwater Case (09-013)
Five defendants associated with the construction of the Liberty Village housing development in Lynchburg, Va., will pay a $300,000 penalty and fund more than $1 million in stream and wetlands restoration work for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and permit restrictions during construction. ( Read more) January 6, 2009
Settlement Clears Way for Continued Funding of New Jersey Superfund Cleanup (09-007)
A multi-party settlement involving the federal government, the state of New Jersey and approximately 300 parties will ensure that clean-up efforts continue to be funded at the Combe Fill South Superfund Site Landfill (CFS) in Morris County, N.J. ( Read more) |
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