Extinct Species/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Removal of 23 Species (Including Ivory-Billed Woodpecker)
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a proposed rule in the September 30th Federal Register proposing to remove 23 species from the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (“Lists”). See 86 Fed. Reg. 54298. The…
Voluntary Groundwater Pumping Program/U.S. Bureau of Reclamation: Federal Court Addresses National Environmental Policy Act Challenge
A United States District Court (“E.D. California”) (“Court”) addressed in a September 14th Order a National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) challenge to a groundwater extraction project in the Sacramento River Valley. See AquAlliance, et al. v. The United States Bureau of Reclamation, et al…
Medical Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Colbert County Medical Waste Transporter/Treatment Facility Operator Enter into Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and KTT, LLC d/b/a Med Rid Medical Waste Services (“KTT”) entered into a September 9th Special Order by Consent (“Order”) addressing alleged violations addressing certain requirements of Division 17 of the ADEM Administrative Code and…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Pulaski County Wastewater Treatment Chemicals Blender/Distributor Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Ecotech Enterprises, Inc. (“EEI”) entered into a September 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”)…
Access to Wind/Windfarm: Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Dispute Between Adjacent Landowners
September 30, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Co-Author: Steven Cox A Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court”) addressed in an august 16th Opinion a dispute between a windfarm owner and neighboring coal cleaning operation. See Gestamp Wind North America, Inc., et al. v. Alliance Coal, LLC, et al., WL 3612747. Windfarm owner Gestamp Wind North…