The Consequences Of Rising Inflation & Crude Oil Prices
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and HF Sinclair El Dorado Refining LLC (“Sinclair”) entered into a March 6th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource...more
The Arkansas State Senate and House of Representatives have passed legislation (HB1520) which would raise the limit for payment for corrective action per occurrence pursuant to the Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund...more
The Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit (“Court of Appeals”) addressed an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Conservation Law...more
The 93rd Arkansas General Assembly convened for regular session on January 11th. House Bill 1519 (“HB1519”) was introduced on February 22nd which would amend the Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund Act (“Trust...more
I undertook a presentation on April 17th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste Judicial/Regulatory Developments: 2018 – 2019 - The discussion addressed...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made several recent changes that will affect compliance obligations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). First, EPA finalized revisions to the definition of...more
In a busy day for vapor intrusion, last week the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency made several announcements about vapor intrusion. First, it announced it had submitted a draft rule to the White House OMB seeking to...more