SPCC Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Tullytown, Pennsylvania, Oil Company Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Meenan Oil Company (“MOC”) entered into a March 29th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations. See Docket No.: CWA-03-2023-0041. MOC is stated to…
Energy Policy and Conservation Act/Berkeley, California, Building Code: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Preemption Issue
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in an April 17th Opinion a challenge to a Berkeley, California, building code provision that prohibited the installation of natural gas piping within newly constructed buildings. See California Restaurant…
Oil/Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission/Storage - NESHAP: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Sierra Club Agree to Review Schedule
Three environmental organizations and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) entered into an April 17th Consent Decree (“CD”) resolving a Complaint that had been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia addressing the Clean Air Act National Emission…
Beaver Lake Watershed: Northwest Arkansas Land Trust Announces Establishment of 75-Acre Conservation Easement
The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (“NWALT”) has announced that 75 acres in the Beaver Lake Watershed is now protected pursuant to a donated conservation easement. The acreage is described as being located: . . . along the banks of the meandering White River in southern Madison County . . . The…
Arkansas Joins the Anti-Boycott Laws Wave – How will it Effect Public Finance?
April 19, 2023
by John S. Bryant
Introduction Over the past few years there has been a growing national trend of states enacting laws prohibiting public entities in those states from entering into contracts with companies that boycott or discriminate against the energy, fossil fuel, firearms, and ammunition industry. Since the…