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…
57th Annual Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention Hot Springs October 10-11
The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) is having their 57th Annual Convention in Hot Springs from October 10th to 11th. The theme of the Convention is “GAME ON”. The keynote speakers include: Shane Khoury, Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment Secretary. David Ross, Chief Financial…
Balancing the Benefits of Biofuels/Economics of U.S. Crop-Based Fuel Production: Transportation Energy Institute Report
The Transportation Energy Institute (“TEI”) issued a July 25th report titled: Balancing the Benefits of Biofuels: The Economics of U.S. Crop-Based Fuel Production (“Report”). The Report describes itself as a “fact-based assessment of the impact of crop-based biofuels on food supply and prices…