Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting - August 28th Meeting/Agenda Announced
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment announced the agenda for the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) meeting on August 28th. The Commission is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Amite Sign Printing Business Enter into Settlement Agreement
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Kennedy Signs, LLC (“KS”) entered into a May 29th Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing alleged violations of the Louisiana hazardous waste regulations. See MM-CN-22-00431. The SA provides that KS owns and operates a sign printing…
New Source Review/Minor Sources: National Asphalt Pavement Association Comments Addressing U.S. EPA Proposed Rule to Streamline State and Local Permitting Process
The National Asphalt Pavement Association (“NAPA”) submitted August 17th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) proposed rule that the federal agency describes as streamlining: … the New Source Review (“NSR”) permitting process for minor sources by eliminating the…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Battery Energy Storage System
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) clarified in a July 29th Interpretive Letter the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to hazmat registration for lithium batteries that comprise a battery energy storage system (“BESS”). See…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Stuttgart Enter Into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Stuttgart, Arkansas entered into a May 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…