Smart Growth for Source Water Protection/How Can We Lead Change? Beaver Watershed Alliance Forum #6 - Fayetteville, Arkansas – September 28th
September 22, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) has scheduled its sixth forum of its public forum series that addresses growth in water resources in Northwest Arkansas. Forum #6 is titled: How can we lead change? The forum is described as addressing: . . . Techniques and Strategies for staying connected…
Title V/Clean Air Act: Borough of Jessup Appeal of Lackawanna County Power Plant Permit Before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board
September 21, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Borough of Jessup (“Borough”) filed an Averments in Support of Notice of Appeal (“Appeal”) of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Title V Permit”) for Lackawanna Energy Center, LLC, (“LEC”). The Permit is stated to have been issued in draft to the LEC power plant facility (“Facility”)…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: September 27th Meeting
September 21, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Cape Girardeau Underground Storage Tank Fabrication Facility Enter into Administrative Order on Consent
September 21, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Mid-South Steel Products, Inc., (“Mid-South”) entered into a September 1st Administrative Order on Consent (“Order”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See No. APCP-2022-053. The Order provides that Mid-South owns and operates…
Protecting American Manufacturing/Examining EPA's Proposed PM2.5 Rule: U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing
September 20, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee held a September 19th hearing titled: Protecting American Manufacturing: Examining EPA’s Proposed PM2.5 Rule (“Hearing”) The stated purpose of the Hearing…