Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile Drum-Mix Asphalt Plant Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Hosea O. Weaver & Sons, Inc. (“HOWSI”) entered into a May 10th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. The CO provides that HOWSI owns and operates an asphalt plant (“Plant”) in Mobile, Alabama. The Plant…
Preparing for Compliance With the PUMP Act and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Pregnant workers are currently protected under various acts including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP). With all of these acts, gaps still exist in the…
Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership/U.S. Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service Announces Funding of Arkansas/Mississippi Project
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”) announced on May 11th that it was investing $17 million in five Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (“WREP”) projects. The NRCS states that it is funding five proposals that: . . . prioritize…
United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure: May 16th Subcommittee Hearing
The United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a May 16th hearing entitled: The Next Fifty Years of the Clean Water Act: Examining the Law and Infrastructure Project Completion (“Hearing”) Subcommittee…
Air Enforcement: Proposed Tennessee Air Pollution Control Order Addressing Kingsport Explosive Manufacturing Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a May 5th Technical Secretary Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Proposed Order”) to BAE Systems Ordinance Systems, Inc. (“BAE”) for an alleged violation of an air permit. See Case No. APC23-0024. The Proposed Order provides that BAE operates a…