U.S. Poultry & Egg Association Clean Water Awards: Tyson Foods' Dardanelle, Arkansas, Plant Selected
The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (“Association”) announced its Clean Water Award winners on October 17th at the Association’s Environmental Management Seminar (“EMS”). The Association describes itself as the “All Feather Association progressively serving its poultry and egg members through…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Dyer Wood Waste Recovery Operation
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued an October 27th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Timber Creek Resource, LLC, (“Timber Creek”) addressing alleged violation of the Tennessee Air Regulations. The Order describes Timber Creek…
Products Liability Series: Does Arkansas Law Recognize a Post-sale Duty to Warn?
Does Arkansas law recognize a post-sale duty to warn? No. It has long been the conventional wisdom that Arkansas law does not recognize a post-sale duty to warn in the products liability context. However, this understanding of the law was largely based on federal court interpretation of Arkansas…
Title V Objection/Clean Air Act: WildEarth Guardians Petition Addressing New Mexico Oil/Gas Processing Facility
WildEarth Guardians filed a September 26th Petition (“Petition”) requesting that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator object to the initial Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit for the Lucid Energy Delaware, LLC, Big Lizard Compressor Station (“Station”). The…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Fuel Systems Powering Equipment
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 25th Interpretive Letter a question regarding the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to fuel systems powering equipment mounted on a motor vehicle. See…