Electric Power Section Generation/Summer 2022: U.S. Energy Information Administration Projects Larger Solar/Wind Increases
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a May 19th report titled: Solar and Wind to be Larger Sources of United States Electricity Generation This Summer This report is a component of EIA’s Summer Electric Outlook publication. The increases are stated to be due to new…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Birmingham Plastic Product Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Glasforms, Inc. (“Glasforms”) entered into a May 20th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama hazardous waste regulations. See Consent Order No. 22-XXX-CHW. The CO provides that Glasforms operates a…
Construction-Related Property Damage/Insurance Coverage: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Silica Dust Exclusion
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) addressed in a May 18th Opinion whether an insurance policy addressed certain alleged dust-related property damage. See Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Dingmann Brothers Construction of Richmond, Inc., et al., No…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – Thursday, May 26th
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 Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Room located at the Arkansas…
Crude Condensate Terminal Expansion/Point Comfort, Texas: Earthjustice Judicial Petition Challenging TCEQ Air Permit
Earthjustice on behalf of certain organizations and an individual filed a May 9th Petition before the 201st District Court in Travis County, Texas, challenging the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (“TCEQ”) issuance of an air permit to Max Midstream Texas, LLC (“Midstream”). See…