Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Technical Secretary's Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Hickory Valley Gin
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 15th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Hickory Valley Gin Company (“Hickory Valley”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Case No. APC20-0128. The Order addresses a…
Oversight of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Justice Grants: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Letter to Administrator Regan
The United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability (“Committee”) transmitted a February 27th letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Regan. The letter states that the Committee is conducting oversight of EPA’s administration…
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission: March 15th Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission has scheduled its next meeting for March 15th at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held in the board room at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205. The agenda includes the following: Business Administration …
Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Cookville Facility Enter into Settlement Agreement
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Ziptron Energy, Inc. (“ZEI”) entered into a February 23rd Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) to resolve alleged violations of the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act.. The Agreement provides that ZEI is the…
Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule/Ozone: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Analytical Technique Utilized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“Court’) addressed in a March 3rd Opinion a Petition challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) revised Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule (“Revised Rule”). See 86 Fed. Reg. 223054 (Apr. 30, 2021). The…