National Environmental Policy Act/Applicability to Hazardous Waste Permitting: Associated General Contractors of America Amicus Brief Addressing Pending U.S. Supreme Court Appeal
The Associated General Contractors of America, Inc and a number of other trade organizations submitted an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States (“SC”) in the currently pending matter: United States Department of the Air Force, ET AL v. Prutehi Guahan. The other organizations…
Borrow Pit/Louisiana Parish Ordinance: Federal Court Addresses Enforceability of Settlement Agreement
Co-Author Mason Bravo The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (“Court”) addressed in a June 3rd Order & Reasons an issue arising out of a Plaquemines Parish Government’s (“Parish”) attempt to reimpose local excavation restrictions on a borrow pit operator…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: June 24th Meeting
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
Draft Nondisclosures/Federal Agency Employees: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Submits Comments to United States Office of Personnel Management
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) submitted June 16, 2026 comments on the United States Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) Notice with Request to Comment (“Notice”) on what the federal agency describes as: … a draft nondisclosure agreement (NDA) for use by federal…
Metroplan Energy & Environment Innovation Funding: Final Call for Applications Announced
Metroplan announced on June 16th what it described as the “final call” for the organization’s Energy & Environment Innovation funding. Eligible applicants for funding include the following who serve Central Arkansas: Cities Counties Nonprofits State agencies The application process is described…