Arkansas Solid Waste Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund/Eligibility Updates: Clark McWilliams (Star Valley Consulting) Arkansas Environmental Federation Land Seminar Presentation
Clark McWilliams undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) Land Seminar titled: Arkansas Solid Waste Landfill Post-Closure Trust Fund – Eligibility and Updates (“Presentation”) Clark is a principal with Star Valley Consulting. The Arkansas General Assembly enacted…
Principles/Recommendations for Large-scale and Distributed Energy Interconnection Reform: Solar Energy Industries Association Report
The Solar Energy Industries Association (“SEIA”) issued a June 14th report titled: Lessons from the Front Line: Principles and Recommendations for Large-scale and Distributed Energy Interconnection Reform (“Report”) The Report’s authors include Dave Gahl, Melissa Alfano, and Jeremiah Miller. SEIA…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty for Kenton Grain Processing/Handling Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board has issued a Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Obion Grain Co., Inc. (“Obion”) for alleged air permit violations. See Case No. APC21-0181. The Order provides that Obion has a Kenton, Tennessee, grain processing and…
Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments: Arkansas Environmental Federation Land Presentation
I undertook a presentation on June 15th at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Land Seminar titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments (“Presentation”) The Presentation addressed a variety of federal and state decisions, cases, rulings, regulations…
Dam Removal: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether Opponent Had Standing to Bring Taking Claim
Co-Author: Catherine Norwood The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Court”) addressed in an April 11th opinion an issue arising out of the proposed removal of a dam. See Barber v. Charter Township of Springfield, Mich., 31 F.4th 382 (2022). The question involved whether an opponent of the dam removal…