Reforestation Project/National Environmental Policy Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Environmental Assessment /EIS Issues
Co-Author: Christine Dillard The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“9th Circuit”) addressed issues associated with two United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) fire salvage and restoration projects. See Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Mary Farnsworth, Forest Supervisor, Idaho Panhandle…
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018: U.S. House of Representatives Legislation
H.R. 3906 was previously introduced in the United States House of Representatives (“House”) and is titled the: Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018 (“Bill”) The Bill recently passed the House. The Bill requires that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) provide…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Phillips County, Arkansas, Grain Elevator Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and ADM Grain River System, Inc., (“ADM”) entered into a July 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. The CAO provides that ADM owns and operates a grain elevator (“Elevator”) in Phillips…
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Guidance: July 19th U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Memorandum Addressing Automotive Airbag Inflators/Fully Assembled Airbag Modules
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a July 19th memorandum interpreting certain Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations titled: Regulatory Status of Automotive Airbag Inflators and Fully Assembled Airbag Modules (“Memorandum”) The Memorandum…
Water-Quality Benchmarks/Health-Based Screening Levels: U.S. Geological Survey May Update
The United States Geological Survey (“USGS”) updated in May its health-based screening levels (“HBSLs”). USGS describes HBSLs as non-enforceable water-quality benchmarks. USGS states that these water-quality benchmarks can be used to: Supplement United States Environmental Protection Agency…