Medical Waste/Environmental Criminal Enforcement: Maryland Special Medical Waste Incinerator Enters into Guilty Plea Addressing State Charges
The Maryland Attorney General (“AG”) announced on October 17th that Curtis Bay Energy, LP (“Curtis Bay”) entered into a guilty plea to a forty-count criminal information resulting from an investigation that had been conducted by his Office of Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit. The…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: October 25th Meeting
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste: October 2023 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Report
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 2023 report titled: Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste (“Report”) See EPA-600-R-23-064. The Report was prepared by EPA’s Office of Research and Development. EPA states the Report represents the first…
Non-Hazardous Secondary Material Standards: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Response to American Forest and Paper Association Petition
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the October 18th Federal Register a final response to an American Forest and Paper Association (“AFPA”) Petition to revise the National Hazardous Secondary Materials (“NHSM”) regulations. See 88 Fed. Reg. 71761. EPA is: Denying…
Water and Sewer System/Multi-Residential Unit Facility: Desha County, Arkansas, Circuit Court Complaint Challenging Water Use Calculation
C.I.C. Arms, Inc. (“CIC”) filed on October 11th a Complaint in the Desha County, Arkansas, Circuit Court against the City of McGehee (“City”) and McGehee Water and Sewer System (“MWSS”) challenging the rate that is charged for water usage. See No. 21ACV-23-117. The water calculations are stated to…