Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Magnolia Railway Services Facility Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Southeastern Railway Services (“SRS”) entered into a January 5th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Order No. 7646 26. The AO provides that SRS operates a railway services facility in Magnolia…
Perchlorate/Safe Drinking Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the January 6th Federal Register a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (“NPDWR”) for perchlorate under the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”). See 91 Fed. Reg. 398. The proposed rule includes a request for comments and a…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department Environment and Conservation and Memphis Freight Facility Enter Into Agreed Order
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. (“XPO”) entered into a December 15th Agreed Final Order (“AFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case No. UST-24-0194. The AFO provides…
Arkansas Department of Agriculture: January 14th Arkansas State Plant Board Special Called Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced an Arkansas State Plant Board Special Called Meeting will be held on January 14th at 9:30 A.M. The Meeting will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR. The agenda items include: Opening comments…
Nationwide Permits/Clean Water Act: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announces Final Action (Including Addressing Data Centers/Pharmaceutical Facilities)
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) published in the January 8th Federal Register a notice of its final action reissuing 56 existing Clean Water Act Nationwide Permits (“NWPs”). See 91 Fed. Reg. 768. One NWP was added and another deleted. The Corps issues two types of Clean Water…