Aboveground Storage Tanks: Where Are We Now?
Meet Your Deadlines: West Virginia AST Act Challenges
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule on Dec. 2, 2023, to sharply reduce emissions of methane and other air pollution from oil and natural gas operations. The final action, which is more than...more
The Texas legislature has passed House Bill 3485 that may limit owner-directed change orders for owner-directed work. The law takes effect September 1, 2023 for contracts entered into on or after September 1, 2023. The...more
As previously noted in a June 26th post, Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) filed a pleading before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) addressing an issue arising under the Arkansas...more
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (“MPCA”) filed in early May a Complaint in the County of Olmsted Third Judicial District Court against Gurek Inc. (“GI”) alleging violation of MPCA rules and Minnesota statutes...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) stated it has issued a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) to Alabama Oil & Gas Recovery, Inc. (“Alabama Oil”). Alabama Oil is described as a former used oil...more
A question that occasionally arises with petroleum underground storage tanks (“USTs”) and aboveground storage tanks (“ASTs”) is the various parties that may be responsible for complying with the relevant federal and state...more
Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AG Bonta Fines Safeway for Gasoline Storage...more
California AG Rob Bonta, along with five district attorneys, reached a settlement with the supermarket chain Safeway to resolve allegations that Safeway violated the California Health and Safety Code and state environmental...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Delta Oil Services, Inc. (“Delta”) entered into a February 16th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of Alabama regulations focused on used oil...more
A November 2021 leak of 14,000 gallons of jet fuel at the US Navy’s Red Hill underground fuel storage facility, at Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, contaminated a well providing drinking water, displacing...more
EPA proposes new emissions control requirements for new sources and existing sources and aims to reduce methane emissions by 74 percent by 2030. Regulations would require newly constructed oil and gas production facilities...more
The first action proposes first-time emission guidelines to reduce methane emissions from almost 1 million existing oil and gas wells, almost 2,000 existing interstate natural gas compressor stations, and over 500 existing...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a proposed April 27th Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Mapco Express, Inc. (“Mapco”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage...more
Texas companies may soon see increasing penalties for noncompliance with Texas environmental laws. On September 30, 2020, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced significant proposed changes to the...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Lee Oil Company, Inc. (“Lee”) entered into an April 30th Settlement Agreement and Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee...more
As the COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout intensify, contractual parties have increasingly invoked force majeure provisions to excuse performance of contracts. This article is a follow up to Schiffer Hicks Johnson’s...more
Mark S. Morgan authored an article in the December 13th Petroleum Marketers Association of America (“PMAA”) publication, PMAA Weekly Review titled: U.S. DOT hazardous Material Requirements for Transporting “Empty” Skid...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a February 7th letter a request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR“) applicable to marketing and...more
On February 15, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released PLR 201907001 (the “Ruling”), a private letter ruling addressing whether certain income related to the leasing of an oil and gas platform, selling of...more
The Illinois Attorney General (“AG”) announced in a February 14th news release that a lawsuit had been filed against Delaware-based GFL Environmental Services USA Inc. (“GFL”) in regards to an alleged 200,000 gallon leak of...more
House Bill 1215 (“H.B. 1215”) was filed that would create the Department of Energy and Environment (“DEE”). Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced earlier this fall his proposal to consolidate cabinet-level departments...more
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) staff authored an article in Issue 4 of the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) publication The Canopy titled: Annual Release Detection Equipment Testing...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Office of Land Resources undertook presentations at the October 18th Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) Workshop in Little Rock, Arkansas, titled: ...more
As previously noted, the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) is once again hosting its Annual Environmental Workshop (“Workshop”). The Workshop will be held on October 18th at the Holiday Inn Airport in Little...more
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of...more