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• ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD GRANTS MOTION TO DISMISS PETITION SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT OF CERCLA/SUPERFUND COSTS
  Posted May 16, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  Section 106(b)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) provides that any person who receives and complies with the terms of an Administrative Order, may within sixty days after completion of the …

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• TIRES: NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT SETTLES AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER WITH SOUTHWEST TIRE PROCESSORS
  Posted May 16, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The New Mexico Environmental Department (“NMED”) issued a May 11, 2012 news release stating it had settled an Administrative Compliance Order (“ACO”) issued in 2003 to Southwest Tire Processors (“STP”) and its operators — Jeanne …

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• AIRPORTS: FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES AND NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR AIRPORT DEICING
  Posted May 16, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a Final Rule promulgating technology-based effluent limitations guidelines and new source performance standards under the Clean Water Act for discharges from airport deicing operations.  EPA states that …

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• ENERGY: NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, ET AL STUDY OF STATE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION/HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
  Posted May 15, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The North Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation requiring that the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Justice, in conjunction with the nonprofit World Advancement Foundation …

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• SENATE BILL FILED REQUIRE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO BE APPOINTED BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE
  Posted May 15, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma has introduced Senate Bill 3053 which addresses federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Regional Administrators.  Senate Bill 3053 would require that Regional Administrators of the EPA be appointed by and …

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• ENERGY: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE REPORT ADDRESSES E15 DISPENSING COMPONENT COMPATIBILITY
  Posted May 14, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The American Petroleum Institute (“API”) issued a March, 2012 analysis of federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations that allow higher amounts of ethanol in gasoline (E15).  The report argues that an estimated half of all gasoline …

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• U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (VICKSBURG DISTRICT) ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF NEW REGIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1987 WETLAND DELINEATION MANUAL
  Posted May 14, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District (which includes parts of Arkansas) announced in a May 9, 2012 Special Public Notice the availability of the Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland …

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• PORTLAND, OREGON AIR TOXICS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  Posted May 11, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) created a Portland Air Toxics Solutions Project to work with local communities to develop air toxics reduction strategies for the Portland region.  Between August, 2009 and October, 2011, …

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• ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, INC. AND ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SETTLE ALLEGED REGULATION NO. 23 HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS
  Posted May 11, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright
  The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (“Democrat”) and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) LIS 12-078 on April 25, 2012.  The CAO addresses alleged violations by the Democrat at …

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• CLEAN AIR ACT: PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN FEDERAL EPA/INDUSTRY PETITIONERS IN PORTLAND CEMENT ASS’N V. EPA
  Posted May 10, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued notice of a proposed settlement agreement between the agency and the industry petitioners in Portland Cement Ass’n v. EPA, No. 10-1358 (D.C. Circuit).  The notice is found …

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