Superfund/CERCLA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Task Force Final Report
September 11, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) issued a “Final Report” from its Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act/Superfund Task Force (“Task Force”). EPA had commissioned a Task Force in 2017 to provide recommendations on how the agency could…
EPA Office of Inspector General Project Notification: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Reviews
September 11, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a September 5th Project Notification stating it plans to conduct an audit of the agency’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) program. The Project Notification is transmitted…
Property Tax Valuation: Wisconsin Appellate Court Addresses Impact of Environmental Contamination
September 10, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
A Wisconsin Court of Appeals (“Court”) addressed in an August 27th opinion an issue involving the impact of environmental contamination on the tax valuation of a parcel of real property. See State of Wisconsin ex rel Ronald L. Collison, Appeal No. 2018AP669. A Milwaukee real property owner argued…
Regional Haze/Arkansas: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Approval of Revisions to State Plan
September 10, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a September 9th news release stating it had approved revisions to the State of Arkansas’s plan for addressing regional haze. Concurrently, the federal agency stated it would withdraw a portion of the previously promulgated federal…
American Burying Beetle: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Reclassification/Reopening of Public Comment Period
September 10, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) announced in a September 9th Federal Register Notice that it was reopening the public comment period for its proposal to reclassify the American Burying Beetle (“ABB”). See 84 Fed. Reg. 47231. USFWS proposed to reclassify the ABB from endangered…