Air Enforcement: Proposed Technical Secretary's Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Athens Landfill
February 27, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 15th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Environmental Trust Company d/b/a Meadow Branch Landfill (“ETC”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See The proposed Order addresses an…
Farm Bill Policy Priorities/ Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance: Recommendations to the 118th Congress
February 24, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (“FACA”) released a report titled: Farm Bill Policy Priorities: Recommendations to the 118th Congress (“Recommendations”) FACA describes itself as consisting of: . . . organizations representing farmers, ranchers, forest owners, agribusinesses…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Contiguous Facility Boundary Issue
February 24, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a December 22, 2022, interpretive letter clarification of Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) as to what constitutes a “contiguous facility boundary.” See Reference No. 22-0064. PHMSA was responding to a June 18…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Hardy Enter into Consent Administrative Order
February 24, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Hardy, Arkansas (“Hardy”) entered into a February 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
Ozark-St. Francis National Forest/Prescribed Burn/Logging/National Environmental Policy Act: Buffalo River Watershed Alliance Files Action Against United States Forest Service
February 23, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (“BRWA”) filed a February 21st Complaint for Vacatur of Illegal Agency Decision, Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) alleging violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)…