Citizen Suit/Clean Water Act Enforcement: Environmental Integrity Project Notice of Intent to Sue York County, Pennsylvania, Food Processing Facility
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) sent a June 29th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to Hanover Foods Corporation (“HFC”) alleging violations of the federal Clean Water Act and Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law. The alleged violations relate to HFC’s food processing facility (“Facility”)…
Riparian Rights/Non-Navigable Water: Illinois Appellate Court Addresses Access Issue
Co-Author: Lizzi Esparza The Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District (“Court”) addressed in a June 28th Opinion certain riparian rights associated with a non-navigable waterbody. See Holm v. Kodat, 2021 IL App. (3d) 200164. The case involved a dispute regarding the ability of a riparian…
Environmental Insights/2021 Arkansas Legislative Session: Mitchell Williams Law Firm Webinar
Mitchell Williams Law Firm presented a webinar on June 30th titled: 2021 Legislative Session: What’s in? What’s Out? What’s all the Fuss About? The discussion was undertaken by Randy Thurman (Government Solutions) and Morril Harriman (Mitchell Williams Law Firm). The moderator was Jordan Wimpy…
Razorback Sucker/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Reclassification
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) announced in a July 7th Federal Register Notice a proposed Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) reclassification of the razorback sucker from endangered to threatened. See 86 Fed. Reg. 35708. The Service proposed reclassification from an endangered…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Kingsport Plastic Recycling Operation
The Tennessee Air Pollution Board (“Board”) issued a Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Patriot Recycling, Inc., (“Patriot”). See Case No. APC21-0022. The Order provides that Patriot operates a facility (“Facility”) in Kingsport, Tennessee. The…