FG LA LLC Plastics Facility/St. James Parish: Environmental Organizations File Federal District Challenge Alleging U.S. Corps of Engineers Violation of Environmental Statutes in Authorizing Proposed Petrochemical Complex
The Center for Biological Diversity, Health Gulf, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Rise St. James (collectively “CBD”) filed a January 15th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) challenging the issuance of certain…
Environmental Insights Webinar/Affordable Clean Energy Rule: Stuart Spencer (Mitchell Williams Law Firm) - January 29th
Stuart Spencer of the Mitchell Williams Law Firm’s Little Rock, Arkansas office will be presenting a free one-hour Environmental Insights webinar on the United States Environmental Protection Agency Affordable Clean Energy Rule (“ACE”). The webinar will be held on Wednesday, January 29th from 12:00…
Citizen Suit Enforcement: Columbia Riverkeeper and Cashmere, Washington Fruit Processing Facility Enter into Consent Decree Regarding Alleged Clean Water Act Stormwater Violations
Columbia Riverkeeper (“Riverkeeper”) and Crunch Pak, LLC, (“Crunch”) entered into a January 7th Consent Decree in the United States District Court (Eastern District of Washington) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) stormwater…
Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank Owner Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Pocono Gas Stations Inc. (“PGSI”) entered into a December 30th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Underground Storage Tank (“UST”)…
Riparian Zone/Navigable Waterway: Wisconsin Appellate Court Addresses Conflict Regarding Pier/Wet Boathouse
The Court of Appeals of Wisconsin (“Court”) addressed in a November 26th opinion a dispute regarding the ownership of a pier and a wet boathouse. See DeSombre v. Bolderbuck, WL 6314826. The wet boathouse is described as one that is constructed beyond the ordinary high water mark (“OHWM”) of a…