Title V/Clean Air Act: 350 Colorado Petition to Object Filed Addressing Aurora County, Colorado Bulk Petroleum Products Storage/Distribution Facility
350 Colorado and the Center for Biological Diversity (collectively, “350”) filed a petition with the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to object to the final renewed Title V Operating Permit issued to Magellan Pipeline Terminals, L.P. (“MPT”) to operate the…
Risk Filters Suite v 3.0: World Wildlife Fund Updates Tools to Assess Water and Biodiversity Risks
The World Wildlife Fund (“WWF”) has updated its WWF Risk Filter Suite to version 3.0. The Suite contains two free online tools denominated the Water Risk Filter (“WRF”) and Biodiversity Risk Filter (“BRF”). The WWF designed the WRF as a tool to be used by companies and financial institutions to…
Gulf of America Hypoxia Task Force/Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin: Progress Report Issued
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 11th news release providing an update on the Gulf of America Hypoxia Task Force (“Task Force”). EPA is a co-chair of the Task Force and addressed in the news release what it describes as progress: … meeting voluntary, interim…
Septage Disposal/Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act: Georgia Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Enforcement Action
The Court of Appeals of Georgia (5th Division) (“Court”) addressed in a June 1st Opinion an issue arising out of the disposal of domestic septage. See Docket Number A26A0366. BOWEN et al., v. COWN. The issue addressed was whether the Environmental Protection Division (“EPD”) of the Georgia…
Tennessee Freight Electrification Framework: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Announces Release
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) Office of Energy Programs has released on May 15 a document titled: Tennessee Freight Electrification Framework (“Framework”). The stated purpose of the Framework is to support commercial fleets that wish to transition to…