The United States Department of Justice

At a glance

The United States Department of Justice is a public administration that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

United States sues California over ‘failure’ to comply with CEQA

The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) filed civil actions, in both federal and state court, against the California State Water Resources Control Board for failing to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). On Dec. 12, 2018, the California State Water Resources Control Board (the Board) approved and adopted […]

The United States Department of Justice · 1 Apr 2019

15 Feb 2019

Biodiesel Fuel company sentenced for releasing wastewater into the “Arthur Kill” waterway

An Elizabeth, New Jersey, biodiesel fuel company was sentenced for discharging more than 45,000 gallons of wastewater from its commercial biodiesel fuel production facility into the Arthur Kill, a waterway separating New Jersey from Staten Island, New York, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The company had pleaded guilty […]