Endangered Species Act/Citizen Suit Action: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. and Huntsville, Alabama
The Center for Biological Diversity and Tennessee Riverkeeper (collectively “CBD”) sent an August 14th Sixty-Day Notice of Intent to Sue Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A. (“Toyota-Mazda”) and the City of Huntsville, Alabama, over alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). The…
Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Scheduled for August 21st
The Beautiful Buffalo river Action Committee will hold its 2018 third quarter meeting at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) on August 21st. The meeting will be held at ADEQ Headquarters Commission Room at 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock. The Committee was established…
Should FERC Have Exercised Jurisdiction Over an Intrastate Pipeline Segment?: D.C. Court of Appeals Decision
Co-Author: Shaunté Collins The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (“Court”) in a July 17th opinion addressed a challenge to two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) Orders authorizing facilities to export natural gas from the United States to Mexico. See Big Bend Conservation Alliance v…
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program Funding: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Receives $9.1 Billion in Loan Requests
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an August 16th news release stating that it had received 62 letters of interest collectively requesting $9.1 billion in loans from prospective borrowers in response to the agency’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Grant County, Arkansas Wastewater Treatment Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Sheridan White Rock, Inc. (“SWRI”) entered into a July 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 18-069. The…