NESHAP/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Port Townsend, Washington Pulp Mill Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA“) and Port Townsend Paper Corporation (“PTPC“) entered into a May 21st Consent Agreement (“CA“) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. See Docket No. CAA-10-2019-0071. The CA provides that PTPC is an owner and operator of a mill…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Ashley County, Arkansas Natural Gas Compressor Station Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Enable Mississippi River Transmission, LLC, (“Enable”) entered into a May 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. The CAO provides that Enable owns and operates a natural gas compressor…
Transporting Skid Tanks: Mark Morgan (PMAA Journal) Addresses Hazardous Materials Regulation Issues
Mark S. Morgan authored an article in the Spring Edition of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America Journal titled: Properly Transporting Skid Tanks Under the Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (Article) Mr. Morgan serves as the Petroleum Marketers Association of America’s Regulatory…
Arkansas State Implementation Plan Revisions/Clean Air Act: May 31st U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Approval
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a May 31st Federal Register Notice proposing approval of State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) revisions previously submitted by Arkansas. See 84 Fed. Reg. 25218. The SIP revisions were submitted on: October 24, 2002 July 26, 2010…
Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit?: Brief of Amici Curiae United States/Maui U.S. Supreme Court Case
The United States through the Solicitor General (“U.S.”) filed an Amicus Brief in the pending Supreme Court of the United States case styled County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, et al. The United States Supreme Court granted a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Ninth Circuit decision…