Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty for Vonore, Tennessee Boat Manufacturing Facility
September 21, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TAPCB”) issued a September 11th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Yamaha Jet Boat Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. (“Yamaha”) for an alleged violation of the Tennessee Air Rules. The Order provides that Yamaha has a…
Installation of Reciprocal Internal Combustion Engines/Tucson, Arizona Generating Station: Sierra Club Petition to the U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenging PSD Permit
September 20, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Sierra Club filed a September 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) of a Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit (“PSD Permit”) that was issued to the Tucson Electric Power Irvington/H.Wilson Sundt Generating Station (“Station”). The Pima County Department of Environmental…
Arkansas Interstate Transport Requirements for 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS/Definition Update: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Public Notices Approval
September 20, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a September 20th Federal Register notice approving portions of the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) submittal that addresses a Clean Air Act requirement that: . . . SIPs address the potential for interstate transport of…
Pretreatment Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Southhaven, Mississippi Facility Enter into Agreed Order
September 20, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc., (“AWGI”) entered into a September 4th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a water-pretreatment permit. See Order No. 6885 18. The AO provides that AWGI operates a facility…
CERCLA/RCRA Cost Recovery Action: Federal Court Addresses Individual Liability Question
September 19, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Co-Author: Claire Maddox A United States District Court (Eastern District of California) (“Court”) addressed in a September 4th opinion the potential liability of an individual under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation…