PPP Flexibility Act Makes Several Business-Friendly Changes to PPP Loan Program
On Friday, June 5, 2020, President Trump signed the “Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020,” which makes the several welcome changes to the PPP loan provisions of the CARES Act, enacted on March 27, 2020. The Flexibility Act’s changes to the PPP Loan program include the following: …
Solar Energy Facilities/Interconnection Tax: Supreme Court of Rhode Island Addresses Challenge to Imposition of Public Utility Commission Order
Co-Author Hannah Van Horn The Supreme Court of Rhode Island (“Court”) addressed in a June 1st opinion a challenge to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission’s (“PUC”) imposition of a tax as it related to companies that produce and distribute wind and solar energy. See ACP Land v. Rhode Island…
Air Enforcement: Proposed Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Order Penalty Assessment for Paris Wood Furniture Manufacturing Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a proposed May 28th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Institutional Case Work, Incorporated (“ICI”). See Division of Air Pollution Control Case No. APC 20-0016. The Order provides that ICI operates a…
Beaver Watershed Alliance Speaker Series: Ozark Weather Patterns/Beaver Lake U.S. Corps of Engineers Operations
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced in its June newsletter the next speaker/topics for its Quarterly Speaker Series. BWA states that the speakers will include: Dan Skoff, Chief Meteorologist KNWA Fox 24 John Balgavy, Deputy Chief of Engineering and Construction Division (retired)…
Draft Ambient Water Quality Criteria Recommendations for Lakes and Reservoirs: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Notice Addressing Numeric Nutrient Criteria Development
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in the Federal Register publication of a document titled: “Draft Ambient Water Quality Criteria Recommendations for Lakes and Reservoirs of the Conterminous United States Information Supporting the Development of Numeric Nutrient…