Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Enforcement/Pennsylvania Chemical Facilities: Food & Water Watch Judicial Action Alleging Allegheny County Health Department Failure to Issue Title V Air Permits
The Environmental Action Project on behalf of Food & Water Watch (“F&W”) filed a November 15th Clean Air Act citizen suit action in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, against the Allegheny County Health Department (“ACHD”). ACHD is a local health department that has been…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Bradford Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Bradford, Arkansas, (“Bradford”)entered into an October 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination…
WHY ADDING A CHILD AS A JOINT OWNER MAY NOT BE A GOOD IDEA
January 17, 2024
by Casey Dorman Lawson
Individuals are often interested in ways to transfer their assets at death without having those assets go through a probate proceeding. Those same individuals are also often interested in accomplishing this without having to visit an attorney or execute a Will or a Trust. Thus, this leads many…
Energy Policy and Conservation Act/Berkeley, California, Building Code: Federal Appellate Court Confirms Preemption in Rehearing Decision
The United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a January 2nd Order and Amended Opinion (“Order”) a challenge to a Berkeley, California, building code provision that prohibited the installation of natural gas piping within newly constructed buildings. See California…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Shreveport, Louisiana, Refinery Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC (“Calumet”) entered into an October 25th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations. Calumet operates a…