Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grants in Part and Denys in Part a Petition for an Objection to a San Patricio County, Texas, Plastics Manufacturing Complex
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 12th Order granting in part and denying in part a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, LLC (“Gulf Coast”) Olefins…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – Friday, July 22nd
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission will meet Friday, July 22nd, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Room located at the Arkansas…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York Cannabis Producer Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Curaleaf entered into a June 30th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the New York Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations. See Docket No. RCRA-02-2022-7213. The ESA provides that…
Arkansas Recycling Tax Credit: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality – Waste Reduction, Reuse, or Recycling Tax Credit Certification Process
The Arkansas General Assembly through Act 748 of 1991 established a tax credit program for facilities establishing or expanding processes that utilize recyclables. The recycling tax credit has been very beneficial to Arkansas manufacturing and processing facilities that have substituted scrap…
Federal Environmental Enforcement: Environmental Organizations Letter Requesting Congress Increased Funding for the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Twenty-seven environmental organizations transmitted a July 12th letter to the Chair and Ranking Members of the relevant Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittees with jurisdiction over the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The organizations…