Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Addresses Petition Objecting to Cass County, Indiana, Zinc Oxide/Iron Product Production Facility
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator issued a March 14th Order denying a Petition for Objection to Permit (“Order”) for a Waelz Sustainable Products, LLC, (“Waelz”) production facility in Cass County, Indiana. See Petition No. V-2021-10. The Title V Petition…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: April 26th Meeting
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…
Recycled Plastics Policy/Hazardous Materials Regulations: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Request for Information
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) published in the April 14th Federal Register a Request for Information: Soliciting information pertaining to how the potential use of recycled plastic resins in the manufacturing of specification packaging may affect hazardous…
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Little Rock District: Sarah Chitwood, P.E. (Regulatory Division Chief) Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Seminar Presentation
Ms. Sarah Chitwood, P.E., undertook a presentation at the April 12th Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Seminar that provided an overview of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) Little Rock District Regulatory Division. Sarah serves as Regulatory Chief of the Little Rock District…
United States Electric Capacity Mix - Fossil Fuels/Renewables: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued an April 13th report titled: U.S. Electric Capacity Mix Shifts from Fossil Fuels to Renewables in AEO2023 (“Report”) The EIA Report states: The U.S. power grid will nearly double in capacity from 2022 to 2050 to meet increasing…