Legal Options When Bank Employees Take Confidential Data from Bank Systems
Despite bank policies, training, computer warning banners, governing laws and banking regulations, bank employees still take bank or customer data as their employment ends. They take potential or current customer lists, transactional data and supporting customer files, procedural manuals, or other…
Five-Year Status Reviews/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiation for 16 Listed Species (Four Related to Arkansas)
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) announced in the January 5th Federal Register that it has initiated status reviews for 16 animal and plant species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See 89 Fed. Reg. 804. Four of the species’ range include the State of Arkansas…
Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denies Petition Objecting to a Chicago Department of Aviation Permit
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a September 29th Order Denying a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Permit (“Permit”) to the City of Chicago Department of Aviation (“CDA”) in Cook County, Illinois. See Petition No…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation and Guild Marina Enter into Settlement Agreement
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) and Dam Marina, Inc. (“DMI”) entered into a December 14th Settlement Agreement and Order (“Settlement”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case No. UST22-0090. The…
U.S. EPA Environmental Appeal Board: Indian Tribe Notice of Appeal Addressing Renewal of Coal-Fired Power Plant Clean Air Act Title V Permit
The UTE Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (“Tribe”) filed a January 3rd Notice of Appeal (“Appeal”) challenging a decision by Region 8 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to renew the federal Clean Air Act Operating Permit (i.e., Title V Permit) for Deseret…