Asbestos Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Florence, Alabama Property Owner Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Martin-Aycock Properties, LLC, (“MAP”) entered into an April 14th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the asbestos provisions of the Alabama Code. See Consent Order No. 20-___-CAP. The CO provides that MAP is the…
MS4/Los Alamos County, New Mexico: U.S. EPA Appeals Board Addresses Whether Stormwater Designation Constitutes a Final Permitting Decision
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in an April 22nd Order a Petition filed by Los Alamos County, New Mexico (“Los Alamos”). See NPDES Appeal No. 20-02. The Petition seeks EAB review of a designation decision by EPA Region 6…
Harmful Algal Blooms: Congressional Request for U.S. Governmental Accountability Office Recommendations
Several Congressmen from the United States House of Representatives Majority sent an April 29th request to the Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) addressing harmful algal blooms (“HAB”). The April 29th request asked that GAO address a number of…
Landowner High Tunnels: Beaver Watershed Alliance Announces Grant Program
Pursuant to a partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service the Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) is instituting a pilot program for providing grants for high tunnels. The grants are available to Beaver Watershed landowners. The purpose of the…
PFAS/Drinking Water Standards: Environmental Organizations File Brief in New Hampshire Appellate Proceeding
The Conservation Law Foundation and other environmental organizations (collectively “CLF”) filed a brief of Amici Curiae in support of New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (“DES”) rules that establish maximum contaminate levels (“MCLs”) and ambient groundwater quality standards for…