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…
Clean School Bus Program: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces $4,255,000 in Funding for Selected Arkansas School Districts
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an October 26th news release announcing Arkansas School Districts that have been selected for a total of $4,255,000 that will be used to purchase electric and low-emission school buses. An October 26th EPA news release from its…