EPA Office of Inspector General Project Notification: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Reviews
September 11, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a September 5th Project Notification stating it plans to conduct an audit of the agency’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) program. The Project Notification is transmitted…
Property Tax Valuation: Wisconsin Appellate Court Addresses Impact of Environmental Contamination
September 10, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
A Wisconsin Court of Appeals (“Court”) addressed in an August 27th opinion an issue involving the impact of environmental contamination on the tax valuation of a parcel of real property. See State of Wisconsin ex rel Ronald L. Collison, Appeal No. 2018AP669. A Milwaukee real property owner argued…
Regional Haze/Arkansas: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Approval of Revisions to State Plan
September 10, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a September 9th news release stating it had approved revisions to the State of Arkansas’s plan for addressing regional haze. Concurrently, the federal agency stated it would withdraw a portion of the previously promulgated federal…
American Burying Beetle: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Reclassification/Reopening of Public Comment Period
September 10, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) announced in a September 9th Federal Register Notice that it was reopening the public comment period for its proposal to reclassify the American Burying Beetle (“ABB”). See 84 Fed. Reg. 47231. USFWS proposed to reclassify the ABB from endangered…
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) Public Notices 404 Permit Application: Garland County, Arkansas Residential Development
September 9, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) (“Corps”) issued a September 6th Public Notice referencing an after-the-fact Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application by LJL Investments, LLC (“LJL”). The Public Notice states that LJL is developing residential lots and…