Zoning/Natural Gas Act: Federal District Court Addresses Preemption Issue
Co-Author: Luke E. Vance The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (“the Court”) addressed in a March 9th opinion a preemption issue involving an interstate pipeline. See Atlantic Coast Pipeline v. Nelson Co. Bd. Of Supervisors, et al., 2020 WL 1151073. The issue was…
Hazardous Materials/FAST Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to PHMSA Disclosure Regulations
Co-Author: Luke Vance On March 17, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (“Court”) addressed a question arising under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (“FAST”). See Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin., 2020 WL…
Use of Drones in Environmental/Engineering Services: Pollution Management, Inc., (Little Rock, Arkansas) Personnel Achieve FAA Certification
The use and functions of unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e, drones) in service industries is rapidly evolving. Environmental services and/or environmental monitoring/enforcement is an example of an area in which the usefulness of drones is being recognized. By way of example, as noted in a previous…
Public Health Emergency Event/COVID-19: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Amended Declaration of Emergency/Administrative Order
Secretary Dr. Chuck Carr Brown of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a March 20th Amended Declaration of Emergency Administrative Order (“Order”). See In the Matter of Public Health Emergency Event Name: COVID-19 – Agency Interest No. 221899. The Order was issued…
Coronavirus/Clean Air Act: Petroleum Retail Trade Associations Petition U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Reid Vapor Pressure Change
Four petroleum retail trade associations transmitted a March 23rd letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing the Clean Air Act Reid Vapor Pressure (“RVP”) requirements. The trade associations include: Petroleum Marketers Association of America National…