Contaminated Sediment Sites: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sample CWA/CERCLA Memorandum of Understanding
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a November 21st document related to contaminated sediment sites titled: Sample CWA/CERCLA Memorandum of Understanding for Regions, States, Tribes, and Other Federal Agencies (“Memorandum”) The Memorandum encourages Regions…
Storage Tank/Licensing Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Strong, Arkansas Storage Tank Owner Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Dimum, Inc. dba Jade Foods (“DI”) entered into a January 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Regulation No. 12 (Regulated Storage Tanks). The CAO…
Trinity Consultants Arkansas Air Quality Permitting Class: February 22nd – Little Rock, Arkansas
Trinity Consultants will be holding an Air Quality Permitting Seminar which addresses Arkansas facilities on February 22nd. The seminar will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas. The seminar is a one-day class and topics will include: Basics of air pollution emissions and controls Special federal…
Arkansas Medical Marijuana: Key Employment Law Issues for Petroleum Marketing Operations
My law firm colleague Nate Read and myself authored an article for the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association publication The Canopy titled: Arkansas Medical Marijuana: Key Employment Law Issues for Petroleum Marketing Operations (“Article”) Arkansas passage of the Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016…
Stormwater Utility Ordinance: U.S. District Court Addresses Whether Assessment Violates Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
A United States District Court (Western District Virginia)in a December 26th Memorandum Opinion (“Opinion”) addressed a challenge to a stormwater utility ordinance assessment. See Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. City of Roanoke, et al., 2017 WL 6599008. The challenge was based on an argument…