United States Annual Solar Electricity Generation: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report Projects Hydropower Will Be Surpassed in 2024
November 13, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a November 7th report titled: EIA Expects U.S. Annual Solar Electricity Generation to Surpass Hydropower in 2024 (“Report’) The Report forecasts that the United States will generate 14% more electricity from solar energy than from…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Ashley County Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
November 13, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Town of Montrose, Arkansas, (“Montrose”) entered into an October 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination…
Solar Array/Zoning: Maine Supreme Court Addresses Definition of Public Utility Facility
November 10, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (“Supreme Court”) addressed in a November 7th Opinion an issue arising out of a Maine town’s application of its zoning Ordinance to a proposed solar array project. See Odiorne Lane Solar, LLC, et al. v. Town of Eliot, et al., 2023 WL 7312981. The question…
Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grants in Part and Denies in Part Petition Objecting to Berkeley County, South Carolina, Aluminum Reduction Facility Permit
November 10, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a November 7th Order (“Order”) granting in part and denying in part a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc…
Arkansas State Plant Board November 14th Pesticide Committee Meeting Scheduled
November 10, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas State Plant Board (“Plant Board”) has scheduled a Pesticide Committee meeting for November 14th. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205. A copy of the agenda can be downloaded…