Flooding/Road Improvements: Massachusetts Appellate Court Addresses Private Nuisance Issue
Co-Author: Diana Aguirre A Massachusetts appellate court addressed in an August 10th Opinion an issue arising out of the flooding of property allegedly caused by adjacent road improvements. See Gillis v. Town of Uxbridge, No. 22-P-641, 2023 WL 5111539 (Mass. App. Ct. Aug. 10, 2023). The question…
Water Well Construction Committee/Arkansas Department of Agriculture: August 31st Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced the next Water Well Construction Committee (“Committee”) will meet tomorrow (August 31st). The Committee will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Division office in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Arkansas Water…
Whistleblower Complaint/Safe Drinking Water Act: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Addresses Alleged North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality Retaliation Against Staff Environmental Scientist
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an August 23rd news release summarizing the results of a whistleblower investigation that it undertook regarding the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (“NDEQ”). OSHA alleges that NDEQ retaliated against an…
New Source Performance Standards/Steel Plants: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Addressing Electric Arc Furnaces/Argon-Oxygen Decaburization Vessels
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an August 25th Federal Register Notice promulgating a final rule for the Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) for electric arc furnaces (“EAF”) and argon-oxygen decaburization (“AOD”) vessels in the steel…
Salamander Mussel (Range Includes Arkansas)/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Endangered Designation/Critical Habitat
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a proposed rule in the August 22nd Federal Register that would list the salamander mussel as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See 88 Fed. Reg. 57224. The proposed rule would also designate critical…