Manifesting Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals/New Four Character Code: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency RCRA Interpretive Guidance
The United States Environmental Agency (“EPA”) released December 19, 2019 interpretive guidance titled: Manifesting Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals – New Four Character Code (“Guidance”) The document was transmitted from Barnes Johnson, Director, Office of Resource Conservation…
Coal Combustion Residuals: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approves Georgia Program
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) approved the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s partial Coal Combustion Residuals (“CCR”) state permit program on January 10th. EPA approved the Georgia program pursuant to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act…
Solar Energy Project/Municipal Regulation: Massachusetts Land Court Addresses Challenge to Special Permit Requirement
Co-Author: Austin Reed The Massachusetts Land Court (“Land Court”) in a December 24th decision addressed a challenge to the Town of Ware’s (the “Town”) requirement that PLH LLC (“PLH”) obtain a special permit for its proposed ground-mounted solar energy project. See PLH LLC v. Town of Ware, 2019 WL…
Environmental Quality Incentives Program: U.S. Department of Agriculture Interim Rule Amendments
January 20, 2020
by Jordan P. Wimpy
We wrote in early December that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) issued an “interim rule” to revise the terms and conditions of the Conservation Reserve Program and implement certain program amendments required by the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. L. 115-334 (i.e., the 2018…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting - January 24, 2020
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 will meet Friday, January 24th in the Commission Room at 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little…