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…
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…