Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Report: The State Conservation Machine (2017)
The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (“Association”) has published a 2017 report titled: The State Conservation Machine (“Report”) Former Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Deputy Director Ricky Chastain is identified as providing information for the State of Arkansas. The Report is…
Stormwater Detention Pond: Federal District Court Addresses Applicability of Clean Water Act
Co-Author: Mary Kate Thompson A U.S. District Court in the Northern District of New York in a May 11th decision addressed whether a waterbody in the State of New York known as Sheila’s Pond constitutes a “water of the United States.” See Zdziebloski v.Town of East Greenbush, 2017 WL 1968672. This…
Arkansas Oil Marketers Association HAZMAT Training Class: June 20th – Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) has scheduled a HAZMAT training class (“Class”) for June 20th in Little Rock, Arkansas. AOMA states this will be their last Little Rock class for several months. The class will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Airport, 3201 Bankhead Drive…
Clean Water Act/Section 311 Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and CSX Transportation, Inc. Enter into Oil Spill Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSX”) entered into an April 12th Oil Spill Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 311 of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”). See Docket No.: CWA-04-2016-5006(b). CSX is stated…
Sentencing/Methamphetamine/Environmental Violation: U.S. District Court Addresses Whether Enhancement was Appropriate
A United States District Court (North Carolina) addressed in a May 23rd Order whether an attorney provided Petitioner Joseph Irven Powell, Jr. (“Petitioner”) effective assistance for failing to object to the application of U.S.S.G. § 2D 1.1(b)13(A). Petitioner argued: . . . there is no proof he…