Surveyor/Stormwater Drainage/Adjacent Landowner: Indiana Appellate Court Addresses Trespass Claims
An Indiana appellate court addressed in a January 31st decision issues arising in a landowner’s civil and criminal trespass actions against a neighboring landowner. See Clark v. Thessalonica, Inc., 2023 WL 1156978. The activities allegedly constituting trespass involved: Surveyors entering a…
Air/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Clean Air Council Sends Notice of Intent to Sue Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Polymers Monaca Site
The Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project (collectively, “CAC”) sent a February 17th Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to Shell Oil Company (“Shell”) for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act. The Notice addresses Shell’s Polymers Monaca…
94th Arkansas General Assembly/Retail Water Providers: Proposed Legislation Amending Oversight Provisions
House Bill 1515 (“HB 1515”) has been introduced which would amend certain statutory oversight requirements for retail water providers. The legislation was introduced by Representative Maddox. Act 605 of 2021 amended Ark. Code Title 14, Chapter 234, to add a subchapter titled: Subchapter 8 –…
Clean Water Act Test Methods: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Changes to Test Procedures
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule in the February 21st Federal Register addressing changes to test procedures required to be used by industries and municipalities when analyzing the chemical, physical, and biological properties of wastewater and…
Do Bottle Bills Impact Curbside Recycling Programs?: National Waste & Recycling Association White Paper
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) announced on February 21st that it had published a white paper titled: Bottle Bills Impact Curbside Recycling Programs (“White Paper”) The White Paper discusses the ways in which the NWRA believes bottle bills can affect curbside recycling…