Strategic Industries Surging/Driving U.S. Power Demand: Grid Strategies Issues Report
December 13, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The firm, Grid Strategies, issued a December 2024 Report titled: Strategic Industries Surging: Driving US Power Demand (“Report”). The Report is stated to have been sponsored by Clean Gird Initiative. The Report undertakes the analysis of projected load growth over the next five years. It…
State/Tribal Assumption Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Finalizes Amendments
December 12, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule on December 11th whose purpose is described as to: …streamline, modernize, and clarify the procedures for states, territories, and authorized tribes to administer programs that protect local waterbodies. EPA states…
Wastewater Plant Reconstruction: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Wynne Enter into Consent Administrative Order
December 12, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wynne, Arkansas entered into a November 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing operation of a wastewater treatment facility (“Facility”) damaged by the March 31, 2023 tornado. See…
Alleged Indirect Trespass/Nuisance: Southern Environmental Law Center Limestone County, Alabama Circuit Court Action Addressing Proposed Limestone Quarry/Rock Crushing Facility
December 12, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) filed a December 9th Complaint for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the Circuit Court of Limestone County, Alabama on behalf of: New Beginnings Covenant Ministries. The Belle Mina Methodist Church. See Case no. 44-CV-2024-900436.00. The Complaint…
2024 Privacy Legislative Roundup
December 11, 2024
by Lizzi Esparza
2024 was a banner year for state privacy legislation. This year saw seven new states pass comprehensive consumer privacy laws, joining the ranks of 12 other states that have previously passed similar laws. While other state laws followed a general pattern with marginal variances in definitions and…