Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Rockport Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Rockport, Arkansas, (“Rockport”) entered into an October 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination…
Toxics Release Inventory/EPCRA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Addressing Definition of Parent Company
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) published a final rule in the October 21st Federal Register that would clarify/codify the federal Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”) Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) definition of a “parent company.” See 87 Fed. Reg…
United States Geographical Distribution of Small-Scale Solar: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) released an October 24th report titled: Homes and Buildings in the West and Northeast Have the Largest Share of Small-Scale Solar (“Report”) The Report addresses the distribution of small-scale solar generation in the following…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Wrightsville Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wrightsville, Arkansas, (“Wrightsville”) entered into an October 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge…
Landfill/Real Estate Repurchase Option: Kansas Appellate Court Addresses Whether Contract and/or Applicable Law Impose Closure Obligation
The Court of Appeals of Kansas (“Appellate Court”) addressed in an October 21st Opinion a question arising out of a contract that provided the right to repurchase the real estate on which the landfill occupies. See South Mulberry Properties, L.L.C., v. GT Management, L.L.C., 2022 WL 12127266. The…