The Court of Appeal of Louisiana (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a March 14th opinion issues associated with two individuals’ negligence claim against a Professional Engineer and his employer. See Lauren Pizzolato and John...more
The Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute has announced the dates for its 2019 MWRRI annual conference.
The conference will be held in Jackson, Mississippi April 2nd and 3rd....more
Governor Hutchinson signed House Bill 1493 which amends the Arkansas Historic Rehabilitation income tax credit.
The bill reduces the investment threshold necessary for homeowners to qualify for the Arkansas Historic...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a March 12th Order a challenge to a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Bedford Valley Petroleum Corporation (“Bedford”) entered into a March 14th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the federal...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Land and Emergency Management issued an Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) Regulation Compliance Advisory (“Compliance Advisory”) addressing issues associated...more
The Ventura County, California, Board of Supervisors (“County”) adopted an ordinance (“Ordinance”) on March 12th addressing wildlife habitat connectivity and wildlife corridors.
The Ordinance is described by the Center for...more
A number of water sector organizations jointly authored a letter to the Chairwomen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies addressing funding for...more
The Minnesota Department of Health (“MDOH”) issued a February 2019 report titled:
Lead in Minnesota Water – Assessment of Eliminating Lead in Minnesota Drinking Water (“Report”) -
The Report is described as an...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 13th Federal Register Notice announced the reclassification of the Independence County, Arkansas, unclassifiable area for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (“SO2)...more
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) published a March 11th report addressing 2018 electric generator inventory of utility-scale generation.
The EIA states that utility-scale additions in 2018 in the...more
A United States District Court (E.D. Louisiana) (“Court”) addressed in a March 11th Order an affirmative defense raised in opposition to a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit enforcement action. See...more
House Bill 1654 was introduced by Representative Jett which addresses certain duties and powers of the Arkansas State Petroleum Products Division (“Division”).
The legislation describes itself as clarifying the law...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector of General (“OIG”) issued a March 8th report addressing coal ash titled:
EPA Finalized a Study of the Historical Applications of Coal Ash as...more
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota (“Court”) addressed in a March 4th opinion a landowner’s ability to continue a prior nonconforming use limited to the uses allowed under the terms of the land-use permit in effect at the time...more
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission(“ANRC”) has scheduled its next meeting for March 20th.
The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at 101 East Capitol Avenue, Suite 350, Little Rock, Arkansas....more
The Arkansas Water Provider Legislative Task Force (“Task Force”) published a final version of its report titled:
Summary Report: Vision for the Future, Challenges, Recommendations 2017-2018 Task Force Meetings (“Report”)...more
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) submitted March 1st comments on the Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (“SWEEP”).
SWEEP has been described as a Municipal Standard which evaluates the...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Arcosa LW BR, LLC, (“Arcosa”) entered into a February 8th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit.
The CO provides that Arcosa...more
The Association of State Wetland Managers and other organizations submitted February 20th comments to the Acting Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Assistant Secretary of the...more
House Bill 1728 would amend the relevant Arkansas statutory provisions addressing the award procedure for certain public improvements.
Arkansas Code § 22-9-203(j)(1) and (2) concerning the award procedure for public...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 25th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Electri-Glass, Inc. (“EGI”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit....more
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) Headquarters issued a new Regulatory Guidance Letter (“RGL”) addressing wetland mitigation banks....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its 2017 Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) National Analysis (“Analysis”).
EPA contends that an analysis of the TRI database indicates that since 2007...more
The North Carolina Court of Appeals (“Court”) interpreted the scope of a North Carolina property tax exemption related to solar energy equipment. See In Re Highwater Solar, 2018 WL 6053437.
The issue addressed was whether...more