Adopting Water Quality Criteria for Secondary Contact Recreation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publishes User Guide
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a document titled: Adopting Water Quality Criteria for Secondary Contact Recreation: A User Guide. (“Guide”). See EPA 820-B-24-001. The Guide was published by the following EPA offices: Office of Science and Technology. Office…
Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Tuscaloosa, Alabama Coal Mine Operator Enter into Consent Decree
Black Water Riverkeeper (“Riverkeeper”) and Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC (“WMC”) entered into a July 29th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Case No. 7:22-cv-01178-LSC. The CD addresses WMC’s Mine No. 7 (“Mine”). WMC is described as a metallurgical coal…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Non-Municipal Sewage Treatment Works Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Faulkner County POID (“FC”) entered into a May 15 Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDS”) permit. See…
Must a Lawyer Disclose Generative AI Use to Their Client? It Depends, but the Answer is Getting Clearer.
August 9, 2024
by Devin R. Bates
In a recently published ABA ethics opinion, the American Bar Association takes the position that a lawyer “must consider” whether they have a duty to disclose GAI use to their client, and concludes that lawyers “may tell clients how they employ GAI tools.” The opinion acknowledges that “[t]he facts…
Title V Operating Permit/Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Compressor Station: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition Filed
Harvest Four Corners, LLC (“Harvest”) filed a July 29th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressing a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit. The Petition addresses a permit issued to Harvest for…