Butane Additive/Gasoline: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Scope of the Alternative Fuel Mixtures Credit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) addressed in a June 29th Opinion the scope of the alternative fuel mixtures (“AFM”) federal tax credit. See U.S. Venture, Inc., v. United States of America, No. 20-1861. The question considered was whether the AFM credit…
Phytoremediation With Native Plants/How Native Plants Can Be Used to Clean Up Environmental Contaminants: Faulkner County, Arkansas, Master Gardeners July 20th Webinar
The Faulkner County Master Gardeners are sponsoring a virtual presentation on July 20th titled: Phytoremediation With Native Plants: How Native Plants Can Be Used to Clean Up Environmental Contaminants (“Presentation”) The Presentation is being undertaken by Mr. Eric Fuselier, PWS. Mr. Fuselier…
Wetlands/Clean Water Act Enforcement: Federal Court Considers Whether Cessation of Discharges Renders Action Moot
Co-Author: Lizzi Esparza The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (“Court”) addressed issues arising in a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) enforcement action in which the United States is alleging discharges of pollutants into waters of the state without United States Corps of…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas Acting For and on Behalf of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (“UAMS”) entered into a June 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)…
Sand and Gravel Mine Expansion/Zoning Law: New York Appellate Court Addresses Preemption Issue (CORRECTION/ADDITION)
Ms. Maureen Wren, Director of Media Relations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYS DEC”) noted a needed correction and addition to this post. Ms. Wren stated the post should have indicated that the New York Appellate Division 3d Department, as opposed to the Court of…