Major Source Determination/Clean Air Act: Federal Appellate Addresses Whether State Agency's Interpretation Entitled to Deference
Co-Author: Brian Thomas The United States Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit (“Eight Circuit”) addressed in a November 22nd Opinion whether a lignite coal mine obtained the correct Clean air Act (“CAA”) permit. See Voigt v. Coyote Creek Mining Company, LLC, 329 F.Supp.3d 735. The Opinion was authored…
Water Quality Standards Matrix/Northeastern States: NEIWPCC Report Comparing 30 Parameters
The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (“NEIWPCC”) announced it has updated a water quality standards matrix addressing seven northeastern states. The water quality standard matrix compares how these states regulate 30 different water quality parameters. The states include: …
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Sparkman Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Sparkman, Arkansas (“Sparkman”) entered into a January 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination…
America's Power: The Coal Fleet In A Transitioning Electric Grid
America’s Power recently released a three-minute video to highlight the importance of the nation’s coal fleet and its role in maintaining reliability, resilience, and fuel security. The video can be viewed here. The America’s Power video emphasizes the importance of a technology-based approach to…
Arkansas Regional Haze Plan/Interstate Visibility Transport Revisions: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Approval
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced the availability of prepublication documents which: Approves revisions to the State of Arkansas’s Clean Air Plan for Regional Haze (and withdrawing the Federal Implementation Plan) Approves Arkansas’s Interstate Visibility…