Natural Gas Compressor Station: Petition Filed Before U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenging Title V Permit Renewal Denial
Harvest Four Corners, LLC, (“Harvest”) submitted a Petition for Review (“Petition”) on October 11th before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”). The Petition challenges the EPA Region 6 denial of a Title V Air renewal application and renewal…
Title VI Civil Rights Act/Environmental Justice: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency October 12th Letter of Concern to Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
The United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (“EPA”) sent an October 12th Letter of Concern (“LOC”) to the following Louisiana state agencies: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) Louisiana Department of Health…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and the City of Wilmot Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wilmot, Arkansas, (“Wilmot”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
Production Tax Credits/Wind Power Facility: Oklahoma Supreme Court Addresses Applicability of Ad Valorem Taxation
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma (“Court”) addressed in an October 18th Opinion an issue arising out of two Oklahoma County Assessors’ valuation of a wind farm for ad valorem tax assessment purposes. See Kingfisher Wind, LLC v. Wehmuller, 2022, OK 83. The primary issue involved whether Production Tax…
Solid Waste/Recycling Judicial/Regulatory Update: 2022 Annual Arkansas Solid Waste Conference Presentation - Rogers, Arkansas
I undertook a presentation on October 12th at the 2022 Annual Solid Waste Conference in Rogers, Arkansas, titled: Solid Waste/Recycling Judicial/Regulatory Update (“Presentation”) The Presentation addressed a number of issues involving solid waste management and recycling related to: Legislation…