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New Florida Law Expands Protections for Utility Workers Performing Essential Infrastructure Work

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On May 22, 2025, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1386 into law, reclassifying criminal penalties for assault and battery against utility workers while they are engaged in critical infrastructure work. The law...more

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Safe Drinking Water Act Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Administrative Order on Consent Addressing St....

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) issued an August 8th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) to Gemini Marine, LLC d/b/a Polestar Marina (“Polestar”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations...more

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Jackson, Mississippi Drinking Water: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General Report

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an August 12th report titled: State Program Deficiencies and Inadequate EPA Oversight of State Enforcement Contributed...more

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Increased FERC Enforcement of Rules Governing Capitalizing of Overhead Expenses for Electric Utilities and Gas Pipelines

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We have recently seen an increase in audits by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC”) Office of Enforcement (“OE”) that take issue with the way electric utilities and interstate natural gas pipelines allocate...more

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Pretreatment Enforcement Discretion/Clean Water Act: Federal Court Addresses Massachusetts Water Utilities Motion to Dismiss

The United States District Court of Massachusetts (“Court”) addressed in a February 17th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See Conservation Law Foundation,...more

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There once was a coastal resiliency project on Nantucket . . . A cautionary tale.

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Yesterday the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund announced it would comply with a Nantucket Conservation Commission enforcement order and remove a ”soft” coastal bank stabilization project it had constructed on the eastern bluff...more

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Environmental Issues Impacting Arkansas/Missouri Municipal Utilities: SEMO-NEARK Annual Meeting Presentation

I undertook a presentation at the May 9th SEMO-NEARK annual meeting in Norfork, Arkansas, titled: Environmental Issues Impacting Arkansas/Missouri Municipal Utilities (“Presentation”) The Presentation focused on a...more

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