Energy Marketers of America 2023 Distinguished Service Award: Arkansan Steve Turner of Petromark, Inc., Named Recipient
The Energy Marketers of America (“EMA”) (formerly known as the Petroleum Marketers Association of America) announced that Steve Turner of Petromark, Inc., Harrison, Arkansas, has been chosen to receive its 2023 Distinguished Service Award (“DSA”). Mr. Turner was chosen for the DSA award by a…
Methane From Municipal Landfills: Environmental Integrity Project May 2023 Report
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) issued a report titled: Trashing the Climate: Methane from Municipal Landfills (“Report”) EIP states it examined data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to characterize methane emissions…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile Drum-Mix Asphalt Plant Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Hosea O. Weaver & Sons, Inc. (“HOWSI”) entered into a May 10th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. The CO provides that HOWSI owns and operates an asphalt plant (“Plant”) in Mobile, Alabama. The Plant…
Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership/U.S. Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service Announces Funding of Arkansas/Mississippi Project
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”) announced on May 11th that it was investing $17 million in five Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (“WREP”) projects. The NRCS states that it is funding five proposals that: . . . prioritize…
United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure: May 16th Subcommittee Hearing
The United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a May 16th hearing entitled: The Next Fifty Years of the Clean Water Act: Examining the Law and Infrastructure Project Completion (“Hearing”) Subcommittee…