Natural Gas Pipeline/Clean Water Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to 401 Certification
Co-Author: Katie Hicks The United States Court of Appeals (Fourth Circuit) (“Court”) addressed in a January 14th opinion a Virginia Section 401 certification of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. See Appalachian Voices v. State Water Control Board, 2019 WL 177928. The project is described as an…
Solid Waste Landfill Post-Closure Care: NWRA/SWANA Technical Policy/Position Paper
The National Waste & Recycling Association and Solid Waste Association of North America (collectively “Associations”) have jointly issued two documents addressing closed Municipal Solid Waste (“MSW”) landfills and the issue of post-closure care (“PCC”). The two documents are: T-9.3 SWANA…
92nd Arkansas General Assembly: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Appropriation for 2019-2020/House Bill 1213
The Joint Budget Committee submitted House Bill 1213 (“Bill”) which provides the proposed appropriation for the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The fiscal year ends June 30, 2020. Sections of the Bill and the components of ADEQ they address…
MDLs and Bellwether Trials: What are they?
What is an MDL? And, what is a bellwether trial? (The name certainly is funny and – at first glance – tells you nothing about the type of trial it seeks to describe.) How are MDLs and bellwether trials related? What purpose do they serve? These were all questions I found myself asking when I first…
Proposed Upgrades to Two New England Natural Gas Pipeline Systems Upgrades: D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Addresses Challenge to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approval
The United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) (“Court”) in a December 27th Judgment addressed an appeal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) approval of proposed upgrades to two New England natural-gas pipeline systems. Two natural-gas pipeline companies –…