Best Practices to Ensure State Collaboration in Superfund: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Remedial Action Focus Group Report
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a February 2022 report titled: Best Practices to Ensure State Collaboration in Superfund (“Report”) The Report was prepared by ASTSWMO’s Remedial Action Focus Group (“RAFG”) with assistance from the…
Section 404 Permitting/Clean Water Act: John Metrailer, P.E., (Pollution Management, Inc.) Univ. of Ark. at Little Rock Law School Environmental Law Presentation
John Metrailer, P.E., undertook a presentation for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law Environmental Law Class titled: Section 404 Permitting United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Presentation”) John is a Professional Engineer at Pollution Management, Inc., and focuses a…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Washington County Stainless Steel Slag Processing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and 43 Lime Products, LLC (“Lime Products”) entered into a March 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Alabama air regulations. The CO provides that Lime Products operates a stainless steel slag processing…
Hydrogen Development/Production/Use: Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma Announce Partnership
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a March 10th news release stating that Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma have entered into what is described as a: . . . bipartisan three-state partnership to establish a regional hub for…
Chemical Accident Prevention/EPA Should Ensure Regulated Facilities Consider Risks from Climate Change: U.S. Government Accountability Office Report
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a February 22 report titled: Chemical Accident Prevention: EPA Should Ensure Regulated Facilities Consider Risks from Climate Change (“Report”) See GAO-22-104494. The Report was prepared at the request of United States Senate…