The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a report titled:
Our Nation’s Air: Trends Through 2023 (“Report”).
The purpose of the annual Report is to track trends in air quality and emissions...more
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) submitted July 2nd comments to the United State Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing the proposed rule styled: Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) in...more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 25th Order denying a petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the CF Industries...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Connectors Castings, Inc. (“CCI”) entered into a June 13th Administrative Order on Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violation of the Missouri Air Regulations. See...more
A report undertaking a 50-state review of renewable energy siting policies has been published titled:
Laws in Order: An Inventory of State Renewable Energy Siting Policies (“Report”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced what it describes as the:
Water System Restructuring Assessment Rule (“WSRA”).
The WSRA is described as outlining a framework for states, public...more
Twenty Attorneys General (including Arkansas) filed a judicial challenge on May 21st in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota to the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) rule...more
The Louisiana State Legislature has passed legislation titled:
Louisiana Community Air Monitoring Reliability Act (“Monitoring Act”) The Monitoring Act awaits a decision by Louisiana’s Governor....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Los Robles Hospital Medical Center (“ Los Robles”) entered into a March 27th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Federal...more
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and 24 other state Attorney Generals filed on May 9th a Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the recent rule...more
Two individuals filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”) challenging an Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Class II-D...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 17th memorandum addressing:
Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy (“Memorandum”) ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a prepublication version of a Final Rule that would designate two of the Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more
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On Friday, April 5, 2024, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the “Service”) finalized a rule clarifying the procedures and criteria for listing, reclassifying, and delisting species on the Lists of Endangered and Threatened...more
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I undertook a presentation at the April 17, Arkansas Environmental Federation Land Seminar titled:
Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Development – 2023-2024
The presentation...more
United States House of Representatives Members John Curtis (“Utah”) and Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez (“Washington”) introduced legislation titled:
Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act (“Act”)
The bill would exempt...more
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (“PHMSA”) published in the April 10th Federal Register final rules amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”). See 89 Fed. Reg. 25434....more
H.R. 7634 has been introduced into the United States House of Representatives which is titled:
Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (“Act”).
The Act requires that the United States...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on April 11th issued final Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) National Primary Drinking Water Standards for six PFAS which include:...more
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“District”) and City of Berkeley, California (“Berkeley”) on April 4th entered into a Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of California Air...more
The Environmental Defense Fund and Arup have issued a report titled:
Practical Pathways for Port Decarbonization and Environmental Justice Guidance for U.S. Ports and their Partners...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a February 26th notification of an audit titled: Audit of the EPA Award of Drinking Water and Clean Water Earmark Grants...more
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and East Side Plating, Inc. (“East Side”) entered into a March 13th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act...more
The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2 (“Court of Appeals”) addressed in a February 13th Opinion a challenge to a King County Code (“KCC”) involving flow control. See SkyCorp Ltd. v. King County, 2024 WL...more
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper executed February 12th Executive Order (“EO”) that is titled:
An Order to Protect and Restore North Carolina’s Critical Natural and Working Lands See Executive Order No. 305....more