Proposed Methanol Manufacturing/Export Facility - Kalama, Washington: Washington Department of Ecology Letter Requesting Additional Greenhouse Gas Information
The Washington Department of Ecology (“WDE”) sent an October 9th letter to Cowlitz County, Washington addressing a Shoreline Conditional Use Permit (“CUP”) application to construct and operate a facility (“Facility”) to manufacture and export methanol at the Port of Kalama in Kalama, Washington…
Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Mitch Rouse Announced as Associate Director Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality Office of Air Quality
Secretary of the Department of Energy and Environment, Becky Keogh, announced that Mitch Rouse will be the Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Associate Director, Office of Air Quality. Mr. Rouse replaces Stuart Spencer who recently joined the Mitchell Williams Law Firm. Secretary Keogh…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Addresses Applicability to Cryogenic Liquids
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a September 20th interpretive letter a request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to cryogenic liquids. The letter was in response to a May 24th request from…
Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Environmental Group Alleges Failure by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Address State of Washington TMDL Program Deficiencies
Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NEA”) filed a September 26th Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Action in United States District Court alleging that the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) 2016 approval of Washington’s 2012 list of Clean Water Act impaired waters was arbitrary…
Status of the Watershed 2019: Ozarks Water Watch Report
Ozarks Water Watch (“OWW”) issued its annual report (“Report”) summarizing water quality in the Upper White River Basin. Data from the Report is a result of volunteer efforts which is described as: . . . more than 3,400 monitoring events across the basin, provide the essential testing data for the…