Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality NStEP Program: ECCI Named Silver Member
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced in a June 9th news release that Engineering, Compliance, Construction, Inc. (“ECCI”) has been named its first Natural State Environmental Program (“NStEP”) Silver member. DEQ has previously…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Montgomery Concrete Batch Plant Operator Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Shelby Concrete, Inc. d/b/a Builders Supply Co. (“Shelby”) entered into a May 18th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Alabama Air Regulations. See CO No. 22-XXX-CAP. The CO provides that Shelby is the owner…
ASTM E1527-21/All Appropriate Inquiries: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Withdraws Direct Final Rule
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has withdrawn a direct final rule amending 40 CFR Section 312.1 which would revise the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) All Appropriate Inquiries (“AAI”) rule. The proposed and direct final rule…
TPDES Permit/Coal Mine: Texas Supreme Court Addresses Whether Contractor is an Operator
Co-Author: Evan Nelson The Supreme Court of Texas (“Court”) addressed in a February 11th opinion what constitutes an operator for purposes of a wastewater permit. See Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Maverick County, 642 S.W.3d 537. The question was whether a subcontractor with…
Arkansas Environmental Federation Annual Land Seminar Scheduled for June 15th, Little Rock, Arkansas (REMINDER)
The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) has scheduled its annual Land Seminar (“Seminar”) for June 15th. The Seminar will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, Midtown, in Little Rock, Arkansas. It will be an in-person format this year. AEF Land Committee Co-Chairs include: Ben Reynolds…