Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and City of Mountain View, Arkansas Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Mountain View, Arkansas (“Mountain View”) entered into an April 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit…
OSHA Enforcement: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Battery Manufacturer Proposed Penalty Assessment
The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced the proposed assessment of civil penalties to C & D Technologies, Inc. (“C & D”) for alleged violations. C & D is stated to operate a battery manufacturing facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. OSHA is stated to have…
Arkansas Environmental Federation Health & Safety Seminar: July 12th, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas Environmental Federation will be holding their annual Health & Safety Seminar (“Seminar”) on July 12th. The seminar will be held at the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation’s Board Room at 1 Cooperative Way in Little Rock, Arkansas. Trena Adair (Harbor Environmental) and Kelly…
Tribal Challenge to Road Construction: Federal Appellate Court Addresses National Historic Preservation Act and Clean Water Act Issues
Co-Author: Matthew Fiorillo The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Court”) affirmed a lower court ruling addressing challenges to Clean Water Act nationwide permits granted to Meryln Drake by the United States Corps of Engineers (“Corps”). See Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of Lake…
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Natural Gas Certification Process: Office of Inspector General Audit Report
The United States Department of Energy Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a May 2018 Audit Report titled: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Natural Gas Certification Process (“Report”) See DOE-OIG-18-33. OIG states that it initiated the audit to determine whether the Federal…