Waters of the United States/U.S. EPA Proposed Rule: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Comments
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”). See Docket No. : EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0149. A few of the submitted comments have…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department Of Environmental Management and Bibb County, Alabama Lime Processing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Alabama Pigment Company, LLC, (“APC”) entered into an April 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See No. 19-_______-CAP. The CO provides that APC owns and operates a hematite, magnetite, and lime…
Funding Mechanisms for Water Infrastructure and Source Water Protection: Beaver Watershed Alliance Program/May 16th – Fayetteville, Arkansas
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) has scheduled a program for May 16th titled: Funding Mechanisms for Water Infrastructure and Source Water Protection (“Program”) The Program is part of BWA’s 2019 Speaker Series titled Investing in Water Supply Protection in NWA – It’s Good for Business…
Startup Shutdown Malfunction/Texas State Implementation Plan Revisions: U.S. EPA Region 6 Proposed Withdrawal of Finding of Substantial Inadequacy
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an April 29th Federal Register Notice stating it was considering alternative interpretations regarding affirmative defenses in Clean Air Act State Implementation Plans (“SIPs”) of states in Region 6 that depart from the federal…
Hazardous Materials/Transportation: U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Addresses Overpacking Question
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) in a February 25th letter provided clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to the shipment of hazardous materials in the same overpack together with materials not meeting the…