Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Lawrenceburg Metal Fabrication Facility
November 15, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a November 1st proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Assurance Operations Corporation d/b/a AOC Metal Works (“Assurance”). See Case No. APC22-0090. The Order provides that Assurance operates a…
Standards of Performance for New/Reconstructed/Modified Sources/Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Oil/Natural Gas Sector
November 14, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update, strengthen, and expand the standards proposed on November 15, 2021, which require reduced emissions of greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) and other air pollutants from the Crude Oil…
Trust Fund Eligibility Determination/Storage Tank Enforcement: Proposed Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Order Addressing Newport Facility
November 14, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a November 7th proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Boghani Properties, LLC (“Boghani”) for alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case No. FDA22-0016. The facility is…
Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams: Federal Emergency Management Agency Announces Grant for Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Division
November 14, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced in a November 7th news release that its Natural Resources Division (“NRD”) has been approved for a Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dam Grant. The grant amount is $226,803. The Water Infrastructure…
Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Turbines: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report Addressing Growth
November 11, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a November 4th report titled: U.S. Electric-Generating Capacity for Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Turbines is Growing (“Report”) The Report addressed United States current and projected annual capacity additions from combined-cycle…