Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Penny Wilson (Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Compliance Branch Manager [Office of Land Resources]) Schedules Retirement
Ms. Penny Wilson of the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) recently announced that she will retire at the end of April. Penny currently serves as the Compliance Branch Manager in the Office of Land Resources. Prior to beginning at what was then…
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations/National Environmental Policy Act: Federal Court Addresses Challenge to Farm Service Agency Categorical Exclusion for Loans
A United States District Court (District of Columbia) (“Court”) in a March 4th Opinion addressed the Farm Service Agency’s (“FSA”) compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). See Dakota Rural Action, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al., 2023 WL 2770390. The…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Newport Concrete Company
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board ("Board") issued a proposed Technical Secretary's Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty ("Order") on March 15th to Hommel Concrete Company ("HCC"). See APC22-0192. The Order describes HCC as the owner or operator of a portable drum mix asphalt plant and a…
Environmental Consultant/Services: Michigan Appellate Court Addresses Potential Applicability of Construction Lien Act
Co-Author: Madalyn Goolsby The Court of Appeals of Michigan (“Court”) addresses in a March 30th Opinion whether services provided by an environmental consultant were encompassed by the Michigan Construction Lien Act (‘Act”). See ECI Environmental Consultants and Engineers, LLC v. House of…
Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Information Concerning 2024 Clean Water Act Sections 303(d), 305(b), and 314
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions document (“Memorandum”) on March 29th titled: Information Concerning 2024 Clean Water Act Sections 303(d), 305(b), and 314 Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions The Memorandum was…