United States Electric Generation: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report Estimates Solar Power and Batteries Will Account for 60% of Planned New Capacity
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a March 7th report titled: Solar Power and Batteries Account for 60% of Planned New U.S. Electric Generation Capacity (“Report”) The EIA Report states that 60% of the generating capacity added to the United States power grid from…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Natural Gas Compressor Station Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC (“NGPL”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 22-017. The CAO provides…
Best Practices to Ensure State Collaboration in Superfund: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Remedial Action Focus Group Report
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a February 2022 report titled: Best Practices to Ensure State Collaboration in Superfund (“Report”) The Report was prepared by ASTSWMO’s Remedial Action Focus Group (“RAFG”) with assistance from the…
Section 404 Permitting/Clean Water Act: John Metrailer, P.E., (Pollution Management, Inc.) Univ. of Ark. at Little Rock Law School Environmental Law Presentation
John Metrailer, P.E., undertook a presentation for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law Environmental Law Class titled: Section 404 Permitting United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Presentation”) John is a Professional Engineer at Pollution Management, Inc., and focuses a…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Washington County Stainless Steel Slag Processing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and 43 Lime Products, LLC (“Lime Products”) entered into a March 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Alabama air regulations. The CO provides that Lime Products operates a stainless steel slag processing…