Environmental Transactional Issue: New Jersey Appellate Court Addresses Contractual Dispute Over Responsibility for Petroleum Remediation Costs
Co-Author: Jenna Davidson The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a May 11th Opinion a breach of contract claim concerning remediation of multiple environmental conditions including removal of a leaking underground storage tank (“UST”) and contaminated…
Air Enforcement: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Enters into Administrative Order on Consent with St. Joseph Cereal Manufacturing Facility and Ethanol Plant
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) entered into a May 17th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) with the following: Lifeline Foods, LLC (“Lifeline”) ICM Biofuels, LLC (“ICM”) The AOC describes each company as follows: Lifeline owns and operates a cereal manufacturing plant…
Revisions/Confidentiality Determinations for Data Elements/Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Rule
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposal”) in the May 22nd Federal Register that would amend certain parts of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule (“GGRR”). See 88 Fed. Reg. 32852. EPA states that the purpose of the…
Storage Tank Trust Fund Eligibility: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Addresses Registration/Fee Issue
Co-Author: Grant Gentry The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (“Court”) addressed in an April 19th Opinion an issue involving the Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act. See Dr. Timothy and Debra Shrom v. Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board, No. 21 MAP 2022. The…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – Thursday, May 25, 2023, Meeting CANCELED
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission has canceled the Thursday, May 25th, meeting. The next Commission meeting is scheduled for…