Clean-Bus Funding: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Grant to Arkansas School District
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a March 8th news release that it was awarding an $8.7 million grant for the replacement and retrofitting of 452 older diesel school buses. The grants are provided through EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding. An Arkansas…
Superfund/Applicable, or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Policy Paper
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) has published a position paper titled: State Concerns with the Process of Identifying Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) applicable, or Relevant and Appropriate…
Definition of Solid Waste/RCRA: U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit Addresses Petition for Rehearing/Challenges to 2015 Revisions
The United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (“Court”), addressed in a March 6th Opinion petitions for Panel Rehearing of a July 7, 2017 decision addressing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) definition of “solid waste.” See American Petroleum Institute v. EPA…
Regional Haze/Arkansas: 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Motion to Stay
The United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit addressed a Motion to Stay related to litigation involving application of the Clean Air Act Regional Haze requirements to Arkansas. The Order was issued on March 7th. The Federal Regional Haze regulations are driven by 169A of the Clean Air…
Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Romulus, Michigan Hot Mix Asphalt Plant Operator Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Ajax Materials Corporation (“AMC”) entered into a February 28th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged air permit violations. See Docket No. CAA-05-2018-0006. AMC is described as the operator of a hot mix asphalt…