Regional Haze/Arkansas: Sierra Club Petition for Review Challenging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approval of Plan Revisions
December 13, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Sierra Club and National Parks Conservation Association (collectively “Sierra Club”) filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) approval of revisions to the State of Arkansas’s plan for addressing regional haze. The Petition…
The Thin Green Line: December 2019 Environmental Integrity Project Report Addresses State Pollution Control Agencies' Funding
December 13, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) published a December 5, 2019, report titled: The Thin Green Line: Cuts in State Pollution Control Agencies Threaten Public Health (“Report”) The EIP Report examines state pollution control agencies’ spending and staffing in the lower 48 U.S. states…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty to Decherd, Tennessee Engine Machining Facility
December 13, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Nissan North America, Inc., (“Nissan”) for alleged violations of an air permit. See Division of Air Pollution – Case No. APC19-0119. The Order states that Nissan operates an…
Demand Response and Advanced Metering: 2019 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Staff Report
December 12, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued on December 11th a staff report titled: 2019 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering (“Report”) The 2019 Report is the fourteenth annual report on demand response and advanced metering. The term “demand response” typically…
Interstate Ozone/Environmental Groups Citizen Suit Notice to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Arkansas Is One of Twenty States Targeted
December 12, 2019
by Stuart L. Spencer
A coalition of environmental groups represented by Earthjustice put the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on notice they intend to file a Clean Air Act citizen suit action over the agency’s alleged failure to act on a non-discretionary federal Clean Air Act duty. The coalition…