Regional Haze/Second Implementation Period: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Guidance Memorandum
February 24, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a memorandum on February 19th addressing the Clean Air Act Regional Haze program styled: Update to Guidance on Regional Haze State Implementation Plans for the Second Implementation Period (“2026 Guidance”). The 2026 Guidance is…
Study of the Fate of PFAS through Resource Recovery Facilities: Minnesota Resource Recovery Association Report
February 24, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Minnesota Resource Recovery Association (“MRRA”) published a September 2025 report titled: Study of the Fate of PFAS through Resource Recovery Facilities (“Report”). The Report was prepared for MRRA by BARR Engineering Co. (“BARR”). MRRA commissioned a study of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Blytheville Graphite Product Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
February 24, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Company (“MC”) entered into a February 19th Consent Administrative Orrder (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Case #: CAO-25-0099. The CAO…
Dicamba/Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: Center for Biological Diversity Federal Appellate Court Petition Challenging Reapproval
February 23, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Center for Biological Diversity and three other organizations filed a February 20th Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Court”) requesting that an order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued under the…
Solar Panels/Homeowners Association: Supreme Court of Missouri Addresses Applicability of Restrictive Covenant
February 23, 2026
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Co-Author Nayeli Ortiz The Supreme Court of Missouri (“SCT”) addressed in a January 23rd Opinion an issue involving the enforceability of a statute barring covenants that limit or prohibit solar panel installation. See Eikmeier and Love, v. Granite Springs Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., No. SC 101152…
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