Washington County Landfill/Expansion: Tontitown Motion to Strike Motions to Dismiss/Alternative Motion to Extend Time
As previously noted in April 18th and April 19th blog posts, the Mayor of Tontitown and certain individuals filed separate (two) Requests for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (collectively, “Petitions”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) challenging…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Portable Emission Measurement System
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a May 8th letter a request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulation (“HMR”) in terms of applicability to a Portable Emission Measurement System (“PEMS”). PHMSA was responding to a March 27th email…
Small/Intermediate Gasoline Bulk Storage Plants/NESHAP: Congressional Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Requesting Withdrawal of Proposed Gasoline Vapor Balancing Equipment Requirement
A combined 82 Senators and Members of the United States House of Representatives sent a May 22nd letter to United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan addressing certain aspects of EPA’s proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) regarding Clean Air Act National Emission…
Interstate Transport/Ozone: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Arkansas's Motion to Stay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Disapproval of Arkansas's State Implementation Plan
The United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) issued an order on May 25th granting the State of Arkansas’s Motion to Stay the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”). EPA had issued a rule disapproving Arkansas’s…
Credit Assistance Program/Dam Maintenance, Upgrade and Repair Costs: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Promulgates Final Rule
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) published a May 22nd final rule in the Federal Register that creates a new credit assistance program available for safety projects to maintain, upgrade, and repair dams. See 88 Fed. Reg. 32661. The credit assistance program is authorized under…