Wastewater Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Minor Hill, Tennessee, Car Wash Enter into Consent Order
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and James Derek Black D/B/A Rope’m and Soap’em Car Wash (“RSCW”) entered into a January 16th Consent Order and Assessment (“COA”) addressing alleged violations of certain Tennessee statutory/regulatory provisions related to…
Coal Combustion Residuals/Approval of Oklahoma Program: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Motions to Intervene in Judicial Challenge
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) issued a January 29th Memorandum Opinion addressing three motions to intervene as defendants in a pending challenge to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) approval of Oklahoma’s program regulating the…
92nd Arkansas General Assembly: Arkansas Nighttime Environment Protection Act/House Bill 1309
Representative Stephen Meeks introduced House Bill 1309 which is subtitled: To Create the Arkansas Nighttime Environment Protection Act (“Act”) Representative Meeks is from Greenbrier, Arkansas. The Act would amend the Shielded Outdoor Lighting Act which is found in Arkansas Code Title 8…
Cannabis Cultivation Policy/General Waste Discharge Requirements: California State Water Resources Control Board Public Hearing
The California State Water Resources Control Board (“Board”) has scheduled a February 5th public hearing to discuss updates to the state’s: Cannabis Policy Cannabis Cultivation General Order 2016 California legislation codified a section of the state’s Water Code to authorize the Board to adopt…
PFAS/Drinking Water Standards: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Commits to Development of a Drinking Water Standard
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MDEP”) stated in a January 28th letter to the Conservation Law Foundation Massachusetts and Toxics Action Center that it would: . . . initiate the process, pursuant to all applicable statutes, rules and executive orders, for development of…