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Manufacturing Process Unit Exemption/RCRA: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Applicability Question
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) issued an August 15th decision interpreting the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) term “manufacturing process unit” (“MPU”) in a September 22nd Order styled: Order Granting Respondent’s…
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Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile County Chemical Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Arkema, Inc. (“Arkema”) entered into a September 23rd Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Consent Order No. 22-XXX-CAP. The CAO provides that Arkema operates a chemical manufacturing plant…
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Oakland Athletics Strike Out: California Appellate Court Rejects Team's Petition Seeking Regulation of Metal-Shredding Operation Under California Hazardous Waste Law
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The California Court of Appeal (First District – Division 3) (“Court of Appeal”) in a September 30th Opinion addressed The Oakland Athletics’ (The Athletics Investment Group, LLC) (“Athletics”) argument that the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (“Department”) must regulate what is…
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Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA's Land Protection/Cleanup Programs: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Action Plan
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a document titled: EJ Action Plan – Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA’s Land protection and Cleanup Programs (September 22) (“Action Plan”) The Action Plan was issued by EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management and is…
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Stormwater/Low-Impact Development: Beaver Watershed Alliance Announces Completion of Rogers, Arkansas, Project
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) issued a September 29th news release announcing the completion of what it describes as a Low-Impact Development Pilot Project (“Project”) in Rogers, Arkansas. The pilot Project is stated to have been made possible through partnerships with the following…
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