Sanitary Sewer Overflow/Alleged Damages: Circuit Court of Carrol County, Arkansas Complaint Filed Against Eureka Springs
James McEvoy (“McEvoy”) filed an April 2nd Complaint in the Circuit Court of Carroll County, Arkansas against Eureka Springs, Arkansas alleging damages due to a sanitary sewer overflow (“SSO”). See Case No. 08WCV-25-39. The Complaint seeks alleged damages due to: …events that transpired in January…
RCRA Guidance Letter/Military Munitions Rule: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addresses Manifest Exemption for Geographically Contiguous Properties Under Control of the Same Person
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Resource Conservation Recovery addressed in a March 6th Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) guidance letter a request from the University of Virginia’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety (“UVA”) requestion and/or…
Wastewater/Drinking Water Infrastructure Program Funding Developments: Congressional Research Service Report
The Congressional Research Service (“CRS”) issued a March 31st report titled: Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure Program Funding Developments (“Report”). The Report updates a number of issues associated with federal funding of wastewater and drinking water infrastructure. The authors…
2022 Triennial Review/Arkansas Water Quality Standards: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency March 27th Letter Approving 2022 Section 303(d) List
The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) sent a March 27th letter to Stacie Wassell, Associate Director for the Office of Water Quality at the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) stating that it has: …
Standpipe Lead Based Paint Abatement/Sandblasting: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Addresses Issues Arising Out of Alleged Breach of Contract for PCB Contamination
The Supreme Court, Appellate Division of New York (“Appellate Division”) addressed in an April 3rd Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) issues arising in connection with the rehabilitation of a one-million-gallon standpipe. See Town of Colonie, et al., v. Global Contracting & Painting, Inc. 2025 WL…