UIC/Wastewater Enforcement - Bethel Heights, Arkansas Notice of Violation: Adjoining Property Owners' Petition to Intervene
As noted in a September 13th post (see previous post here), the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment filed a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) against the City of Bethel Heights, Arkansas (“Bethel Heights”) alleging violations of a No-Discharge Permit. Bethel Heights subsequently filed a…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) responded in a September 12th letter to a question seeking clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to the testing requirements for flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (“IBCs”). PHMSA was…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Decatur, Alabama Animal Feed Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc. (“AFCI”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) to address an alleged violation of the Alabama Air Regulations. See Consent Order No. 19-CAP. The CO provides that AFCI is the owner and/or operator of an…
Good Deal or Bad? Complex Commercial Litigation Even When You've Done Everything Right
September 30, 2019
by Devin R. Bates
A business swoops in and buys substantially all of the assets of a competitor in distress, but first does its due diligence and discovers the skeletons in the closet. The purchaser expressly does not assume the competitor’s liabilities or obligations. The purchaser does everything by-the-book, and…
Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Division of Environmental Quality Associate Director for Office of Air Quality Stuart Spencer Joining Mitchell Williams Law Firm
September 30, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Arkansas Department of Environment and Energy Secretary Becky Keogh announced at the September 27th Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission meeting that the Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Associate Director for Office of Air Quality, Stuart Spencer, is leaving to enter the…