Clean Water Act Enforcement: Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality and Mississippi Facility Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Genesis Rail Services, LLC (“Genesis”) entered into a July 10th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing certain alleged National Pollution Discharge Elimination System and storm water permitting related violations. See Order No. 6769 17. The…
Arkansas Oil Marketers Association August 30th Environmental Workshop: REMINDER
As noted in a previous post, the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) has scheduled its Annual Environmental Workshop (“Workshop”). The Workshop will be held on August 30th at the Holiday Inn Airport in Little Rock. A focus of the workshop are the various environmental regulatory and legal…
Toxics Release Inventory Reporting: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Direct Final Rule Updating List of North American Industry Classification System Codes
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an August 17th Federal Register Notice announcing a direct final rule that updates the list of North American Industry Classification System (“NAICS”) codes subject to reporting under the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”). See 82…
Electric Industry Generation Capacity, and Market Outlook: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Report
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (“NRECA”) issued a June 2017 (updated) report entitled: Electric Industry Generation, Capacity, and Market Outlook (“Report”) The Report was prepared by Joseph Goodenbery, Allison Hamilton, Lauren Khair, Michael Leitman of Business & Technology…
Mold Damage: U.S. District Court Addresses Homeowner's Insurance Policy Coverage Question
A United States District Court (Northern District Alabama) addressed in an August 9th Opinion whether a State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. (“State Farm”) homeowner’s insurance policy covered mold damage. See Singh v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., 2017 WL3425521. Prithpal Singh (“Singh”) brought an…