ABF Freight hit with $535K penalty for clean water violations

by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

ABF Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary of Fort Smith-based ArcBest, has agreed to pay a $535,000 penalty to resolve allegations that the company violated requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

The settlement was detailed in a press release Monday (March 20) from the U.S. Department of Justice.

According to the release, in April 2015, ABF voluntarily disclosed to the US Environmental Protection Agency that it failed to obtain industrial stormwater permit coverage at multiple facilities. The company discovered additional areas of noncompliance with the CWA through internal compliance audits, which were conducted at nearly all its facilities during 2013 and 2014.

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/03/abf-freight-hit-with-535k-penalty-for-clean-water-violations/

Attorney General Griffin files lawsuit to stop ATF's unlawful ‘Stabilizing Braces’ Rule

LITTLE ROCK – Following his filing of a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement:

“The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) new ‘stabilizing braces’ rule is unlawful. For more than a decade, these braces have been sold as firearm attachments not subject to regulation. Stabilizing braces were designed to help people with disabilities use pistols, and they have become increasingly popular with senior citizens. The rule, however, affects most pistol owners, as many lawful gun owners use stabilizers to mitigate firearm recoil and enhance accuracy. Congress didn’t grant President Biden’s ATF the authority to impose such a broad and sweeping mandate on Americans, and we’re asking the Court to immediately block it.”