SPCC/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Skiatook, Oklahoma, Municipal Airport Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the City of Skiatook, Oklahoma (“Skiatook”), entered into a June 8th Expedited Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (“SPCC”) Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”). See Docket No. CWA-06-2022-4314. Skiatook operates a Municipal…
Licenses and the Law Series, Part IX: The Appeal
June 28, 2022
by Stuart P. Miller
In addition, this article was co-authored by former Attorneys Lindsey Vechik and Peyton Hildebrand. In our last article, we explained the second part of the hearing: your defense. Now, we discuss the appeals process. Unfortunately, licensing boards do not always rule in your favor. However, you can…
Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality/Emergency Order: Polk County Fueling Station Files Hearing Request Before Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission
Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) filed on June 23rd a Request for Hearing (“Request”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) of an Emergency Order issued by the Chief Administrator of the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental…
Draft National Program Guidances: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues FY 2023-2024
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued draft FY 2023-2024 National Program Guidances (“NPGs”). The draft NPGs include: Overview to the NPGs Office of Air and Radiation Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Shelby County Lime Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC (“Lhoist”) entered into a June 19th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. The CO provides that Lhoist operates a lime manufacturing facility (“Facility”) in Shelby…