Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Lonoke County Wastewater Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 13, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Lonoke County Property Owners’ Multipurpose Improvement District No. 12 (“MID”) entered into a July 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant…
State Microgrid Policy, Programmatic, and Regulatory Framework: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners/National Association of State Energy Officials Release Report
September 12, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (“NARUC”) and National Association of State Energy Officials (“NASEO”) released an August 2023 report titled: State Microgrid Policy, Programmatic, and Regulatory Framework (“Report”) The Report references the role of the following: …
Medical Waste/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: California Attorney General and California Hospital Organization/Health Plan Enter into Settlement
September 12, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The California Attorney General and six State District Attorneys entered into a Settlement (styled “Stipulation for Entry of Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction”) on September 8th with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (collectively, “Kaiser”) addressing…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hot Springs Aircraft Structural Parts Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
September 12, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Triumph Airborne Structures, LLC, (“Triumph) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 23-061. The CAO provides that…
Eastern Hellbender/Endangered Species Act: Federal District Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Denial of Endangered/Threatened Listing
September 11, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States District Court (Southern District of New York) (“Court”) addressed in a September 5th Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) a Complaint filed by several environmental organizations challenging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) decision to not list the eastern…