Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Clay County Rock Crushing Plant Enter into Administrative Order on Consent
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Liberty Aggregates, LLC, (“Liberty”) entered into a July 17th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing alleged violations of the Missouri Air Regulations. See No. APCP-2022-049. The AOC provides that Liberty operates a rock…
Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Corps of Engineers Final Rule Addressing Sackett Decision
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Corps of Engineers (collectively “EPA”) issued a pre-Federal Register publication final rule on August 29th revising the Clean Water Act definition of waters of the United States (“WOTUS”). The rule announced yesterday responds…
Flooding/Road Improvements: Massachusetts Appellate Court Addresses Private Nuisance Issue
Co-Author: Diana Aguirre A Massachusetts appellate court addressed in an August 10th Opinion an issue arising out of the flooding of property allegedly caused by adjacent road improvements. See Gillis v. Town of Uxbridge, No. 22-P-641, 2023 WL 5111539 (Mass. App. Ct. Aug. 10, 2023). The question…
Water Well Construction Committee/Arkansas Department of Agriculture: August 31st Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced the next Water Well Construction Committee (“Committee”) will meet tomorrow (August 31st). The Committee will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Division office in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Arkansas Water…
Whistleblower Complaint/Safe Drinking Water Act: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Addresses Alleged North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality Retaliation Against Staff Environmental Scientist
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an August 23rd news release summarizing the results of a whistleblower investigation that it undertook regarding the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (“NDEQ”). OSHA alleges that NDEQ retaliated against an…