Stormwater Capture – Enhancing Recharge & Direct Use Through Data Collection: 2018 Whitepaper
The SCWC Stormwater Task Force of the Southern California Water Coalition issued an April 2018 Whitepaper titled: Stormwater Capture – Enhancing Recharge & Direct Use Through Data Collection (“Whitepaper”) The purpose of the Whitepaper is to: . . . gain a better understanding of actual…
Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting, Use, and Reporting Act: South Carolina Supreme Court Addresses Challenge to State Registration Provision
Co-Author: Matthew Fiorillo The South Carolina Supreme Court (“Court”) addressed in a May 30th opinion a judicial challenge to the South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting, Use, and Reporting Act (“Act”). See Jowers v. South Carolina Dept. of Health & Envtl. Control, No. 2016-000428…
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality/Environmental Training Institute: Pollution Prevention and Lean Principles Training – Little Rock, Arkansas (July 31-August 1)
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the Environmental Training Institute will be presenting through a partnership a training session titled: Pollution Prevention and Lean Principles Training (“Workshop”) The Workshop will be held July 31-August 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00…
Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Elmira, New York Tank Owner Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and S & H Food Mart, LLC (“S & H”) entered into a July 5th Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Subtitle Resource Conservation and Recovery Act underground storage tanks (“UST”)…
Proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline/Louisiana: 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns Lower Court Order Halting Construction
The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (“5th Circuit”) overturned a United States District Court’s grant of a preliminary injunction preventing Bayou Bridge from constructing a pipeline in part through the Atchafalaya Basin in Southern Louisiana. See Docket No. 18-30257. The 5th…