Asbestos Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management Issues Administrative Order to Marietta, Georgia Construction Company
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) issued an Administrative Order (“AO”) to Cork-Howard Construction Company, Inc. (“CHCC”). See Administrative Order No.: 18- ____-AP. CHCC is described as a construction company based in Marietta, Georgia. CHCC is stated to have been hired…
Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar: Little Rock, Arkansas – April 17th (REMINDER)
The Arkansas Environmental Federation will hold its annual Regulated Waste Seminar on April 17th. The seminar will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the Holiday Inn – Airport. I will be undertaking a presentation titled: Hazardous & Solid Waste Judicial and Regulatory Developments Others…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "Once In, Always In" Policy Change: Environmental Organizations File Judicial Challenge
A number of environmental organizations filed a March 26th Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging a recently issued United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) memorandum rescinding its Clean Air Act “Once…
Wisconsin Legislation Exempting Pyrolysis/Gasification from Solid Waste Management Facility Requirements: Assembly Bill 789
The State of Wisconsin legislative bodies (House and Senate) enacted Assembly Bill 789 (“Bill”) which is described as generally exempting pyrolysis and gasification facilities from certain laws relating to solid waste storage and treatment facilities. The American Chemistry Council described the…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Nevada County, Arkansas Rubber Roofing Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Firestone Building Products Company, LLC (“Firestone”) entered into a March 16th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS 18-028. The CAO provides that Firestone owns and operates a…