Title V/Clean Air Act: Environmental Law & Policy Center Petition to Object Filed Addressing Whiting, Indiana Refinery
The Environmental Law & Policy Center (“ELPC”) along with 5 other organizations filed a Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United State Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to the BP Products North America, Inc. (“BP”) refinery. The refinery is located in Whiting…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks – January Meeting
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks meets monthly…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Lafayette Fuel Transporter Company Enter into Settlement Agreement
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Dupre Logistics, L.L.C. (“Dupre”) entered into a January 7th Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing an alleged violation of the Louisiana underground storage tank (“UST”) regulations. See SA-UE-25-0040. The SA provides that Dupre owns…
Arkansas Pipeline Code/Arkansas Public Service Commission: January 9th Petition to Initiate Rulemaking Addressing Proposed Revisions
A Petition to Initiate a Rulemaking Docket (“Petition”) was filed on January 9th before the Arkansas Public Service Commission (“APSC”) by the general staff. See Docket No. 26-006-R. The Petition proposes to make changes to the Arkansas Gas Pipeline Code (“Code”). United States energy pipelines are…
Debt-for-Carbon/Using Carbon Credits for Debt Relief: Environmental Defense Fund Report
The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) announced the issuance of a report titled: DEBT-FOR-CARBON: USING CARBON CREDITS FOR DEBT RELIEF (“Report”). The Report was prepared by EDF and Perspectives Climate Research. Authors include: Igor Shishlov. Holly Pearen. Luisa Weber. Axel Michaelowa. Pedro…