RCRA Wastewater Treatment Unit Exemption: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interpretive Letter
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Director Carolyn Hoskinson transmitted a September 9th letter providing an interpretation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”): . . . wastewater treatment unit (WWTU) exemption’s…
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…