Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Jonesboro Sand and Gravel Aggregate Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Hedger Operating Company, LLC (“Hedger”) entered into a January 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination…
Environmental Aspects of Real Estate and Commercial Transactions - American Bar Association Issues Fifth Edition
The American Bar Association has issued the Fifth Edition of a publication titled: Environmental Aspects of Real Estate and Commercial Transactions: Acquisition, Development, and Liability Management (“Publication”) The editor of the publication is Kevin R. Murray. The Publication is described as…
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Announces Initiation of Rebate Program
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced a program to provide rebates for the installation of Level 2 electric vehicle (“EV”) charging stations (“Stations”). The program is administered by DEQ’s Energy Office. Level 2 Stations are…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Memphis Facility Owner Enter into Settlement Agreement
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Lauren and Hope Property, Inc. (“LHPI”) entered into a January 4th Settlement Agreement and Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of Tennessee rules related to underground storage tanks (“USTs”). See TDEC Case No. UST…
Trump Era U.S. Forest Service Decisions: Environmental Organizations Ask U.S. Department of Agriculture to Immediately Review
Thirty-nine environmental organizations transmitted a January 28th letter to Kevin Shea, Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), requesting that it immediately: . . . implement a targeted, 60-day elevation of Forest Service decisions for the purposes of reviewing…