Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units/Disaster Recovery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interim Final Rule Addressing Temporary-Use/Air Curtain Incinerators
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published on August 22nd an Interim Final Rule/Request for Comment providing for the temporary use of incineration units subject to commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator (“CISWI”) regulations during disaster recovery. See…
Ethanol for America Act: U.S. House of Representatives Legislation Introduced Addressing E15/Underground Storage Tank Infrastructure
The United States House of Representatives’ Adrian Smith (Nebraska) and Nikki Budzinski (Illinois) introduced legislation titled: Ethanol for America Act (“Ethanol Act”). An Energy Marketers of America (“EMA”) publication describes two purposes of the Ethanol Act as: Deem E15 compatible with…
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Summer 2025 Meeting Summary
The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of lawyers recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Summer 2025 National Meeting which was held in Minneapolis, MN. We have prepared a summary of the open sessions conducted over the course of the meeting…
Project Emissions Accounting/Clean Air Act: Environmental Defense Fund Files Judicial Challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Withdrawal of Proposed New Source Review Revision
The Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Integrity Project, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club (collectively, “EDF”) filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit an August 18 Petition for Review the United States Environmental Protection…
58th Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention: Hot Springs, Arkansas October 9-10
The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) will hold its 58th Annual Convention October 9th & 10th. The Convention will be held at the Hot springs Convention Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Keynote Speakers are scheduled to include: Shane Khoury, Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment…