Rural Water/Modernizing Our Community Water Systems: July 19th U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Hearing
The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry (“Committee”) held a hearing on July 19th which was titled: Rural Water: Modernizing Our Community Water Systems (“Hearing”) United States Senator John Boozman of Arkansas serves as the Ranking Member on the Committee…
When Competition Crosses the Line, Level the Playing Field with Unfair Competition Litigation
August 9, 2023
by Devin R. Bates
By now almost everyone has read about or experienced the “great resignation” and its unprecedented levels of employee turnover. With that increased worker mobility, there has been a surge in unfair competition litigation, including non-compete, trade secret, trademark, copyright, patent, and…
Lead in Drinking Water Exceeding Action Levels/Public Notification Issues: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Report
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a July 20th report titled: The EPA Should Determine What Interim Actions Can Be Taken to Immediately Notify the Public When Lead in Drinking Water Exceeds the Agency’s Action Level (“Report”) See…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Anniston Chemical Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) Solutia, Inc. (“SI”) entered into a July 12th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Consent Order No. 23-XXX-CAP. The CO provides that SI operates a chemical manufacturing plant (“Facility”) in…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Miller County Sand Processing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Samsand, LLC (“Samsand”) entered into a June 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 23-042. The CAO provides that Samsand owns and operates a…