Citizen Suit Action/Clean Air Act: Environmental Organizations and Colorado Coal Mine Operators Enter into Consent Decree
The Sierra Club, WildEarth Guardians, Center for Biological Diversity, and High Country Conservation Advocates (collectively “Sierra Club”) and Mountain Coal Company and Arch Resources, Inc. (collectively “Mountain Coal”) entered into a January 18th Consent Decree and Order (“Consent Decree”) to…
Federal Highway Administration Electric Vehicle Charging Program: Energy Marketers of America Comments Addressing Competitive Grant Program
The Energy Marketers of America (“EMA”) submitted January 28th comments to the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (“FHWA”) addressing: . . . the development of guidance for implementation of the National Electric Vehicle Formula Program and the Charging and…
Alternative Test Methods/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Notice Identifying 2020 Approvals
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a January 21st Federal Register notice announcing applicable alternative test methods that the federal agency approved in 2020 under the Clean Air Act addressing: New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) 40 C.F.R. Part 60…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (DeGray Lake) Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System…
RCRA Cost Recovery Action/Underground Storage Tank: Federal Court Addresses Scope of the Term Owner
Co-Author: Jacob Holland A United States District Court (N.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in a December 16th opinion issues arising out of a railroad’s lawsuit to recover remediation costs pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“Act”) related to a former lessee’s underground…