[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Recent Actions on Ag Biotech by EPA’s Emerging Technologies Branch
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Nucor-Yamato Steel Company (“Nucor”) entered into a March 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
Under the Clean Air Act, sources frequently must undergo “New Source Review” (NSR) permitting, which is a pre-construction permitting program. NSR establishes requirements for new or modified sources prior to initiating...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 28th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Clear Development, LLC (“CD”) alleging violations of an air permit....more
Harris County, Texas filed a March 10th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator related to the Lubrizol Corporation’s Deer Park Plant (“Plant”)....more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Mac’s Convenience Stores LLC (“Mac’s”) entered into a February 26th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of the Missouri Air...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Cottonseed Co Op Corporation (“CCC”) entered into an October 25th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Title V Operating Permit. See Order No....more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and AHF, L.L.C. d/b/a AHF of Pennsylvania, LLC (“AHF”) entered into a February 11th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of the Missouri...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a January 22nd Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete, LLC (“Smyrna”) addressing an alleged violation of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a document titled: Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2022 (“Report”)...more
A unanimous three-judge panel in the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed on December 28, 2021 that private citizens and environmental groups have the right to seek enforcement of the Clean Air Act’s...more
Stuart Spencer undertook a February 4th presentation to my University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law Environmental Law class titled: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Overview and Air Quality Update...more
Last week, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that AEP, which entered into a consent decree requiring it to install certain pollution controls at its Rockport 1 and 2 power plants, could not force the owner of those...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - Nationwide stay of EPA/Army Corps "Waters of the U.S." rule issued by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals: Allen Matkins - Oct 9: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued a nationwide...more