Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/State Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Electric Utility Generating Units: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Comments
February 28, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) submitted February 26th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in regards to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled: State Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Electric Utility…
Polyurethane Processing: American Chemistry Guidelines for Management and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes
February 28, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The American Chemistry Council (“ACC”) issued a guidance document titled: Guidelines for Management and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes from Polyurethane Processing (“Guidelines”) ACC states that the purpose of the Guidelines are to: . . . help downstream processors of polyurethane chemicals…
Pretreatment Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Laurel, Mississippi Facility Enter into Agreed Order
February 28, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Howard Industries (“HI”) entered into a February 8th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act pretreatment permit. See Order No. 6830 18. The AO provides that HI operates a facility in Laurel…
C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (Newton County, Arkansas): Intervenors' Scope of Participation in Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Proceedings Addressed
February 27, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
As noted in a previous blog post (see previous post here) the Ozark Society, Inc., and three individuals (“Intervenors”) filed a Motion to Intervene and Request for Hearing (“Motion”) in C&H Hog Farms, Inc., (“C&H”) Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (“Request”). C&H is…
Hydropower/Pump Storage/Grid Resiliency-Reliability: U.S. Department of Energy Request for Information
February 27, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued a February 27th Federal Register Notice containing a Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking information on: . . . understanding, accessing, and utilizing the full potential of the hydropower…