Transportation/Hazardous Materials: U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Letter Addressing Rail Tank Closures
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) clarified in an April 5th letter the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to securement of rail tank car closures. The PHMSA was responding to an October 20, 2016 question posed by SGS Petroleum Service…
The Method Update Rule/2017: Penny Semberski (Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality) Arkansas Waterworks and Water Environment Association Presentation
Ms. Penny Semberski undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Waterworks and Water Environment Association titled: The Method Update Rule – 2017 (Does this affect me? How?)(“Presentation”) Ms. Semberski is a Quality Assurance Officer in the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”)…
Energy Tax Incentives: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Introduces Clean Energy for America Act
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has introduced legislation titled: Clean Energy for America Act (“Act”) The sponsor describes the bill as measurably reducing “carbon pollution over the next decade through a series of incentives for clean energy and the promotion of new…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks – May Agenda
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks meets monthly…
Clean Water Act/Toxic Pollutants: Kentucky Supreme Court Addresses Adequacy of a Power Plant's Effluent Limits
The Supreme Court of Kentucky (“Court”) in an April 27th decision addressed whether the effluent limits in a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit issued by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Energy and Environment Cabinet Division of Water (“Division”) to a…