Transportation/Used Oil Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Montgomery Waste Transportation Company Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Sun Coast Resources, LLC (“SCR”) entered into an August 7th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing the violation of certain Alabama regulations concerning transportation of used oil. See Consent Order No. 25-XXX-CHW. The CO provides that SCR…
Biomass Processed to Make Biochar Product: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interpretive Letter
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressed in a June 23rd Interpretive Letter a request for a non-waste determination under the non-hazardous secondary material (“NHSM”) rule in 40 CFR part 241. The Letter addressed wood wastes, yard wastes and clean lumber processed in…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting - August 22nd Meeting CANCELLED
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission issued a notice stating: The Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (PC&EC) has canceled its…
Protecting Land for Water Quality/Strategies for State Nonpoint Source Management Programs: Open Space Institute Report
The Open Space Institute (“OPS”) has issued a report titled: Protecting Land for Water Quality: Strategies for State Nonpoint Source Management Programs (2025) (“Report”). The contributing authors of the Report include: Hallie Schwab (Open Space Institute) Abigail Weinberg (Open Space…
South Platte River Compact/Bill of Complaint: Nebraska Files Action in U.S. Supreme Court Against Colorado
The State of Nebraska filed a Bill of Complaint (“Complaint”) and Motion for Leave to File Bill of Complaint (“Motion”) in the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) against the State of Colorado in regard to a dispute pertaining to the South Platte River Compact (“Compact”). The…