Manufacturing Process Unit Exemption/RCRA: U.S. EPA Administrative Law Judge Addresses Applicability Question
A United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrative Law Judge Christine Donelian Coughlin (“ALJ”) interpreted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) term “manufacturing process unit” (“MPU”) in an August 15th decision titled: Order Granting Respondent’s Motion for…
Barrens Topminnow/Tennessee: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Alleged Violation of the Endangered Species Act
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an August 15th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior (collectively, “Service”) alleging violation of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). CBD alleges that the Service has violated…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – Friday, August 26th Meeting Canceled
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission has canceled the Friday, August 26th meeting due to the lack of agenda items to vote on. The…
Lithium Batteries/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Request for Information Regarding Best Practices/Collection/Recycling/Labeling: SWANA and Three Other Organizations File Joint Comments
The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) and three other organizations filed joint comments addressing questions posed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in the following document: RFI Development of Best Practices for Collection of Batteries to be Recycled…
Coal Mine Methane/Doctrine of Correlative Rights: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether a Vacuum Pump Can Be Utilized for Extraction
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) addressed in an August 11th Opinion a question regarding the extraction of coal mine methane. See Finite Resources, Ltd., et al. v. DTE Methane Resources, et al., 2022, WL 3274105. The question considered was whether the…