Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Kutztown, PA, Storage/Distribution Automotive Products Facilities Enter Into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and Advance Stores Company, Inc. and Advance Auto Distribution Center ("Advance" collectively") entered into a May 19th Consent Agreement ("CA") addressing alleged violations of the Resources Conservation Recovery Act ("RCRA") hazardous…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order Addressing University of Tennessee Health Science Center
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a May 31st Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (“UT”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case No…
Northeast Minnesota Mine Project/Clean Water Act: U.S. Corps of Engineers Revokes Section 404 Permit
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (St. Paul District) (“Corps”) issued a June 6th decision that revokes a previously suspended Section 404 Clean Water Act Permit for the NewRange Copper Nickel Company (“NewRange”). The proposed NewRange project involved a mine and processing plant to…
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission: June 22nd Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission has scheduled its next meeting for June 22nd at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held in the board room at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205. The agenda includes the following: Application for Financial…
Clean Power Plan 2.0 Electric Reliability: U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing
The United States House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee (“Committee”) held a June 6th hearing titled: Clean Power Plan 2.0: EPA’s Latest Attack on America’s Electric Reliability (“Hearing”) The purpose of the Hearing as described by Committee Chair Rodgers and the Environment…