Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Union County Petroleum Refinery Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lion Oil Company, LLC (“Lion”) entered into a July 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. The CAO provides that Lion owns and operates a petroleum…
National Association of SARA Title III Program Officials: Mid-Year Workshop/Meeting - Rogers, Arkansas Nov. 3-6
The National Association of SARA Title III Program Officials (“Association”) is holding its Mid-Year Workshop and Meeting (“Meeting”) in Rogers, Arkansas. The Meeting will be held from November 3-6. The Association describes itself as including: …members and staff of State Emergency Response…
CIRCLE Act: U.S. House of Representatives Legislation Introduced to Expand Recycling Capacity
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania) and Tom Suozzi (New York) introduced into the United States House of Representatives legislation styled: Cultivating Investment in Recycling and Circular Local Economies (CIRCLE) Act (“CIRCLE Act”). The CIRCLE Act is described as bipartisan…
Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Greenwood Soybean Processing/Oil Extraction Facility Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Oxbow Greenwood, LLC (“OG”) entered into a July 3rd Agreed Order 9 (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See Order No. 7520 25. The AO provides that OG owns and operates a soybean processing and oil extraction…
Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act/RCRA: Federal Court Addresses Jurisdictional Issues
Co-Author Sawyer Swaim The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (“Court”) in a March 6th Opinion addressed an issue arising out of a citizen suit action filed under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1389 (“CWA”) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 42…