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• MISSISSIPPI enHance SEMINAR
  Posted April 3, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Manufacturers Association are holding an enHance seminar and awards luncheon April 17, 2012 in Jackson, Mississippi.  The topic is “Solutions for Waste – Ways to Save …

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• ENERGY: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS (WESTERN DIVISION) ADDRESSES NEPA CHALLENGE TO GAS LEASE EXPLORATION/DEVELOPMENT IN OZARK NATIONAL FOREST
  Posted April 3, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The Ozark Society (“Society”) moved for a preliminary injunction against the Unites States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) and other agencies arguing that they had failed to comply with the federal National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) …

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• PARTNERSHIP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION WILL HOLD AN ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
  Posted April 2, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (“PETE”) will hold a seminar titled “Environmental Technology – What’s In, What’s Out” in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 12-13, 2012.  The topics include:

                  (1)          USEPA Brownfield Training Grant …

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• WATER: NEW YORK RIPARIAN RIGHTS DISPUTE
  Posted April 2, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  Schultheis v. Estate of Lawrence M. Tuthill (Supreme Court of New York, Suffolk County) addressed a dispute between neighboring landowners over riparian rights to a navigable waterway called School House Creek. In November 1987, defendant …

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• RECYCLING: FEDERAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION CITES PALLET RECYCLING FACILITY FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS
  Posted March 30, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) cited IFCO Systems North America (“IFCO”) for alleged safety and health violations at its facility in San Antonio, Texas.  OSHA states that it initiated an inspection …

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• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA COUNTRY CLUB ENTER INTO CONSENT DECREE TO ADDRESS ALLEGED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT A GOLF COURSE
  Posted March 29, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Blacksburg Country Club, Inc. (“BCC”) have entered into a Consent Decree that addresses the alleged release of Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (“CERCLA”) hazardous substances.  …

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• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA COUNTRY CLUB ENTER INTO CONSENT DECREE TO ADDRESS ALLEGED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT A GOLF COURSE
  Posted March 29, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  Part 2 of the Consent Decree can be downloaded below.

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• FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PROPOSES REVISIONS TO EXPORT CATHODE RAY TUBE RULE
  Posted March 29, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a proposal to revise certain export provisions of the cathode ray tube (CRT) final rule that was published on July 28, 2006.  See 71 Fed. Reg. 42928.  …

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• VINCE BLUBAUGH (GBMC) PRESENTATION FOR UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLASS
  Posted March 28, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  I asked Vince Blubaugh, a principal at GBMc with offices in Little Rock, Arkansas to provide my University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law Environmental Law class some perspective on the technical aspects …

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• RECYCLING FACILITY CITED FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH VIOLATIONS BY OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
  Posted March 28, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has issued a news release citing Olde Atlanta Recycling, LLC with 23 alleged safety and health violations.  The alleged violations are stated to …

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