Extended Producer Responsibility/Batteries: Washington State Enacts Legislation Providing for Environmental Management Measures
The Washington State Legislature enacted, and the Governor signed SB 5144 which is titled: An Act Relating to Providing for Responsible Environmental Management of Batteries A key requirement of the legislation is its mandate that primary and rechargeable batteries be collected and recycled…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Warren Hardwood Flooring Plant Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and AHF, LLC, d/b/a AHF Products (“AHF”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 23-032. The CAO provides that AHF owns and…
Washington County Landfill/Expansion: Eco-Vista Files Replies in Support of Motion to Dismiss
As previously noted in April 18th and April 19th blog posts, the Mayor of Tontitown and certain individuals filed separate (two) Requests for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (collectively “Petition”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) challenging…
Examining the Reliability/Resiliency of Electric Services in the United States: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearing
The United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (“Committee”) held a June 1st hearing titled: The Reliability and Resiliency of Electric Services in the United States in Light of Recent Reliability Assessments and Alerts (“Hearing”) The stated purpose of the Hearing was to…
SPCC/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Kansas Oil and Gas Exploration, Development and Production Company Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Colt Energy, Inc. (“CEI”) entered into a May 22nd Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing the federal regulations found at 40 CFR Part 112 setting forth the requirements for the preparation and implementation of Spill…