Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Natchez Construction Project Owner Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“Commission”) and Complete Oil Field Disposal, LLC. (“COD”) entered into an August 27th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing failure to obtain a Stormwater Construction Permit. See Order No. 7348 24. The AO provides that COD was contacted by the…
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Notice Suspends Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment as Farm Bill Process Remains Stagnant
On September 25, 2024, USDA’s Acting Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs issued a Notice to all Farm Service Agency (FSA) State and County Offices, directing them to cease processing and/or approving offers of enrollment or re-enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) after September…
Oil and Gas/Surface Use Agreement: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Authority to Place Water Pipeline
September 30, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Co-Author Izzy Baughn Wood The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) addressed an interpretive dispute regarding a Surface Use Agreement (“SUA”) pertaining to oil and gas operations in a July 23rd opinion. See Mikkelson Land, LLLP v. Cont’l Res., Inc., 108 F.4th…
Water Quality Standards/Clean Water Act: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment Response to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Nutrient Impairment Classification for Seven Illinois River Watershed Bodies
September 30, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) submitted August 26th comments addressing the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) partial disapproval of Arkansas’ 2020 Clean Water Act 303(d) list of impaired waters (“303(d) List”)…
Title V/Clean Air Act: Petition to Object Filed Addressing Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Resins Manufacturing Facility
September 27, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Environmental Integrity Project and other organizations filed a September 20th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator related to Neville Chemical Company (“Neville”). The Title V Petition objects to the Allegheny…