The United States Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration (“DOT”) promulgated a final rule that is described as providing the following governmental organizations a national framework to track...more
The Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”) is a state statutory mechanism has been used by both underground and aboveground storage tank owners and operators for over 30 years to address petroleum leaks and...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued on November 15th a document titled:
The EPA’s Fiscal Year 2024 Top Management Challenges (“Report’)
See Report No....more
11/30/2023
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Chemicals ,
Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Ethics ,
Grants ,
OIG ,
Waste Disposal ,
Wastewater ,
Water
The Town of Amherst, Massachusetts (“Amherst”), filed a November 16th Request for Review before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging a Clean Water Act...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has issued proposed regulations addressing certain issues arising under Section 48 of the Investment Tax Credit (“ITC”) for companies planning clean energy projects.
The stated intent...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is issuing for public comment draft guidance on applying the United States Supreme Court decision in County of Maui vs. Hawaii Wildlife Fund.
EPA had previously...more
11/29/2023
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Discharge of Pollutants ,
Draft Guidance ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
SCOTUS ,
Water Pollution
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bay, Arkansas (“Bay”) entered into an October 16th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
New York Attorney General Letitia James (“AG”) filed a November 15th Complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York (County of Erie)(“Court”) against PepsiCo, Inc., Frito-Lay, Inc., and Frito-Lay North American, Inc....more
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a November 2nd Order (“Order”) granting in part and denying in part a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and RK Hall, LLC (“RK”) entered into an October 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air...more
The Alliance for Chemical Distribution (“ACD”) submitted comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on November 17th addressing the following Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”): ...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Indorama Ventures Sustainable Solutions LLC (“IVSS”) entered into an October 19th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a State Indirect Discharge (“SID”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it is planning to propose new rules to:
. . . improve the management and recycling of end-of-life solar panels and lithium batteries....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and White River Marine Group, LLC (“White River”) entered into an October 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Forest City Facility, LLC (“Forest”) entered into an October 20th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing alleged violations of the Missouri Air...more
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) announced it is inviting pre-proposals for research projects that address water needs in Arkansas.
The funding opportunity is provided as part of the U.S. Geological Survey...more
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) on behalf of the Sierra Club sent a November 14th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to Warrick Newco Operations (“Warrick”) alleging violations of the Clean Water Act.
The NOI...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a Draft Revision for Public Comment of the following document:
Nonpoint Source Program and Grants Guidelines for States and Territories (“Draft Document”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Highland Pellets, LLC (“Highland”) entered into a November 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Westlake Styrene, LLC (“Westlake”) entered into an October 18th Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See SA-AE-23-0032. ...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a November 14th decision a challenge to a Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) permit issued by the Texas Commission on...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Jet Asphalt & Rock Company, Inc. (“Jet Asphalt”) entered into an October 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a November 9th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to OM SAI RAM 1, LLC (“OM”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank...more
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair, along with two Subcommittee Chairs, sent a November 13th letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Regan...more
The U.S. General Services Administration (“GSA”) issued a November 6th news release announcing a $2 billion investment for federal construction projects that use low-embodied carbon (“LEC”) materials.
The LEC materials...more