Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Annual Results: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Fiscal Year 2025 Report
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has released a report titled: Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Annual Results Report - Fiscal Year 2025 (“Report”). A March 9th EPA news release claims that: … Some of the strongest achievements in years have taken place since President Trump…
Federal Timber Purchasers Coalition: Max Braswell (Executive Vice President - Arkansas Forestry Association) Named Board Member
The Federal Timber Purchasers Coalition (“FTPC”) announced its five-person working Board of Directors. Max Braswell, who serves as Executive Vice President of the Arkansas Forestry Association (“AFA”), has been named one of the five Board Members. The March 6th AFA Tree Mail newsletter states that…
Stormwater Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Order/Assessment Addressing Evansville Ready Mix Concrete Facility
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a December 17th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Morgan Ready Mix LLC (“Morgan”) addressing alleged violation of failure to obtain coverage under the General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
Regional Haze/Second Implementation Period: National Parks Conservation Association/Colorado Attorney General Challenge U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Disapproval of Regional Haze Plan
The National Parks Conservation Association and Sierra Club (collectively, “NPCA”) and the Colorado Attorney General (“AG”) filed separate Petitions before the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) disapproval of…
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Oil and Gas Commission: Tetra Technologies Additional Compensation Rate for Lithium Approved
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Oil and Gas Commission (“Commission”) issued a March 5th news release stating that a lithium compensation structure for TETRA Technologies, Inc. (“TETRA”) had been approved. The news release states that TETRA’s application concerns lithium…