Developing a State Contaminants of Emerging Concern Program: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Issues Guidance Document
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a January 2023 document titled: Guidance for Developing a State Contaminants of Emerging Concern Program (“Guidance”) The Guidance is stated to have been developed by ASTSWMO’s Contaminants of Emerging…
94th Arkansas General Assembly/Non-Municipal Domestic Sewage Treatment Permits: Home/Property Owners Exemption Proposed
Representatives Richard McGrew and Lanny Fite filed House Bill 1015 which would amend Ark. Code Ann. § 8-4-203(b)(1)(C). The above-cited Arkansas Code provision exemptions for certain entities related to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or state permits for a non-municipal domestic…
Air Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Geismar Methanol Distribution Facility Operator Enter into Settlement
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals LLC (“Kinder Morgan”) entered into a Settlement to address alleged air permit violations. See SA-AE-22-073. The Settlement provides that Kinder Morgan owns and/or operates a methanol distribution facility…
94th Arkansas General Assembly/ Tires: Bill Introduced to Commercialize Used Tire Recycling/Accountability Program
Representatives L. Fite, S. Berry, and Senator Rice have introduced House Bill 1234 (“HB1234”) titled: Arkansas Commerce Tire Program Act HB1234 would replace the legislation known as the Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act found at Ark. Code Ann. 8-9-401, et seq. The Arkansas General…
RCRA Listed Hazardous Waste/K051: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes to Grant Delisting Petition
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a January 23rd Federal Register Notice proposing to grant a petition to delist up to 2,409 cubic yards of K051 API (separator sludge) from the List of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) hazardous wastes. See 88 Fed…