Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Dermott Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Dermott entered into a February 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit…
Evaluation of the EPA's Implementation of the Underground Injection Control Class VI Well Program: EPA Office of Inspector General Report
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a July 28th report titled: Evaluation of the EPA’s Implementation of the Underground Injection Control Class VI Well Program (“Report”). See Report No. 25-E-0045. EPA operates pursuant to the…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Intermediate Bulk Containers
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a July 15th Interpretive Letter the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to intermediate bulk containers (“IBCs”). See Reference No. 24-0120. PHMSA was responding to a December 6, 2024, letter…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Arkansas Department of Transportation Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Arkansas Department of Transportation (“DOT”) entered into a July 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a General Air Permit. See LIS No. 20-055. The CAO…
Solar Energy System/Tree Removal: Massachusetts Appellate Court Addresses Zoning Issue
Co-Author Andrew Kutchka The Appeals Court of Massachusetts (“Court”) addressed in a July 9th Opinion an issue arising out of the siting of a governmental solar energy system. See Sunpin Energy Servs., LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Petersham, 105 Mass. App. Ct. 641 (2025). The decision involved a…