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The Court of Appeals of Louisiana (4th Circuit) (“Court”) addressed in a December 17th Opinion an issue arising out of a property owner’s...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of England, Arkansas entered into a November 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a December 16th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Cymer-Dayton, LLC (“CD”). See Case No. HWM 24-0022.
The Order provides that CD conducts...more
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) filed on December 13th a document styled:
Petition for Review of the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (“LCRI”)....more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Scotch and Gulf Lumber, LLC (“Scotch”) entered into a December 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Air Act Title V Major Source...more
The 95th Arkansas General Assembly will convene on January 13, 2025.
Bill filing began on November 15th.
Senator Bryan King of Green Forest has introduced Senate Bill 10. ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on December 5th a press release publishing a report titled:
Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2024 (“Report”)....more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 9th interpretive letter the application of federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to limited quantities of compressed gas and how...more
The Sierra Club and three other environmental organizations filed the following document before the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on December 3rd:
Petition to Object to the Title V Operating...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and HOS Port, LLC (“HOS”) entered into an October 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and...more
The firm, Grid Strategies, issued a December 2024 Report titled:
Strategic Industries Surging: Driving US Power Demand (“Report”)....more
The 95th Arkansas General Assembly will convene on January 13, 2025.
Bill filing began on November 15th....more
The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) filed a December 9th Complaint for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the Circuit Court of Limestone County, Alabama on behalf of:
New Beginnings Covenant Ministries.
The...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wynne, Arkansas entered into a November 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing operation of a wastewater...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued an October 29th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Om Ganganath, Inc. (“OGI”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee...more
The 95th Arkansas General Assembly will convene on January 13, 2025.
Bill filing began on November 15th.
Senator J. Payton introduced Senate Bill 8....more
Food and Water Watch and dozens of other environmental organizations submitted a November 25th petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requesting that microplastics be included in the Sixth...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Town of Gloster, Mississippi entered into a July 8th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge...more
The Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute have released a December 2024 Report titled:
The Aluminum Can Advantage: Sustainability Key Performance Indicators (“Report”).
The two organizations indicate...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) published a public notice on December 9th stating that the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) initiated...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Sanford Stone, LLC (“Sanford”) entered into a November 8th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National...more
The Environmental Law institute (“ELI”) has issued a report titled Approaches to Mitigating the Effects of Staff Turnover on the CWA 303(d) program.
Examples from Practice (“Report”) -
The Report was stated to have...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC (“GP”) entered into a November 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 16th interpretive letter the application of the Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to lithium batteries. See reference...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a November 2024 report titled:
A Compendium of Tools and Methods to Estimate Environmental Benefits for Nature-Based Solutions - Environmental Benefits...more