Power Sector Combustion Byproducts: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report Notes Beneficial Use Exceeded Material Disposal in 2020
A May 26th United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) report has been issued titled: Beneficial Use of Power Sector Combustion Byproducts Exceeded Material Disposed in 2020 (“Report”) The EIA Report notes that in 2020, for the first time (since 2008) greater amounts of power sector…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Luttrell Lime Manufacturing Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a May 20th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to O-N Minerals (Luttrell) Company d/b/a Carmeuse Lime & Stone (“O-N”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”)…
Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Non-Criteria Pollutant Control Strategy: Ben Holden, P.E., (GBMc & Associates) Arkansas Environmental Federation Presentation
Ben Holden, P.E., undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Air Seminar titled: Case Studies in Navigating DEQ’s Non-Criteria Pollutant Control Strategy (NCPCS) (“Presentation”) Ben serves as Air Services Project Manager for GBMc & Associates. Ben’s Presentation addressed…
Pesticide/Herbicide Pollution Insurance: Federal Court Addresses Coverage Question
Co-Author: Evan Nelson The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island (“D.R.I.”) addressed in an Opinion whether insurance coverage is applicable to the release of gasoline from an aboveground storage tank (“AST”) associated with a country club’s pesticide or herbicide…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Murfreesboro Underground Storage Tank Owner Enter into Agreed Order
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and RUMI Stores, Inc. (“RSI”) entered into a May 25th Agreement and Order (“Agreement”) addressed alleged violations of the Tennessee underground storage tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case No. UST20-0068. The Agreement provides that…