Landfill Gas Lease Agreement: New York Court Addresses Renewable Energy Tax Credits
Co-Author: Steven Cox The New York Supreme Court (Albany County) (“Court”) addressed in a September 29th Opinion a dispute arising out of a landfill lease agreement between the City of Albany, New York (“Albany”) and Albany Energy (“AE”). See City of Albany, New York v. NEO Albany, et al., 2021 WL…
PFAS/RCRA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Initiate Hazardous Waste Listing
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) responded to a June 23rd petition by the State of New Mexico that requested a listing of per and polyfluorinated substances (“PFAS”) as Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) Subtitle C Hazardous Waste. EPA Administrator Regan in an…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Conway County Natural Gas Compression Station Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and DeSoto Gathering Company, LLC (“DeSoto”), entered into an October 5th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 21-110. The CAO provides that…
Project Emissions Accounting Rule/New Source Review: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denies Sierra Club Petition for Reconsideration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Regan (“Administrator”) in an October 12th letter responded to a Petition for Reconsideration submitted by the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Integrity Project, and the…
Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality: Portland Cement Association Report
The Portland Cement Association (“PCA”) issued a report titled: Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality – A More Sustainable World is Shaped by Concrete (“Report”) The Report describes how PCA member companies have committed to achieving carbon neutrality across the cement and concrete value chain by 2050…