Plastic Films/Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addresses Request for Non-Waste Fuel Determination
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in an April 5th letter addressed a request to determine whether certain plastic films that would be processed into a fuel (i.e., an engineered fuel product) is considered a solid waste when burned in a combustion unit. The specific question…
Cargo Tank Marking/Placarding/Hazardous Materials Regulations: U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Addresses Ethanol/Gasoline Mixtures
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a February 7th letter a request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR“) applicable to marketing and placarding of cargo tanks. The PHMSA letter was in response to a February 21…
Asbestos Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Owner/Operator of Bentonville, Arkansas Demolition Activity Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Primeco, LLC (“Primeco”) entered into a May 7th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) alleging violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Regulation 21 (Asbestos Regulations). See LIS No. 19-047. The CAO states that…
Electric Storage Resources/Order No. 841: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Addresses Petitions for Rehearing/Clarifications
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an Order on Rehearing and Clarification in the May 23rd Federal Register. See 84 Fed. Reg. 23902. The Order addresses Petitions for Rehearing and Clarification stating it generally affirms the FERC’s determinations in Order No. 841. The FERC…
American Electric Power/Conservation Fund/U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Partnership: Wetlands/Forestland Added to the Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge (Louisiana)
The Conservation Fund, American Electric Power, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (collectively “Organizations”) issued a news release announcing the addition of 4,113 acres of Louisiana wetlands and forestland to the Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge (“NWR”). The Organizations state…