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…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Pulaski County, Arkansas Structural Steel Fabrication Facility Consent Administrative Order (Clarification)
February 27, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
A February 15th post (see previous post here) noted that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Lexicon, Inc., (“LI”) entered into a January 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. ADEQ allegedly determined during an…
Common-Law Contamination Action/Oil and Gas Production: Was Landowner Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Mississippi Oil and Gas Board?
February 26, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States District Court (Mississippi-Western Division) (“Court”) issued a February 16th Memorandum Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) addressing whether a landowner’s common-law contamination claim related to oil and gas production activities should have been first submitted to the Mississippi…