Estate Planning Techniques in a Higher Interest Rate Environment
October 5, 2022
by B. Wade Bowen
One can hardly miss the high levels of inflation currently affecting our economy. Even for those who do not pay close attention to the news, where inflation could hardly be more covered, the price of nearly everything for consumers has skyrocketed as we have emerged from the COVID pandemic. To try…
Snail Darter/Endangered Species Act Delisting: The Fish that Faced Off Against the Tennessee Valley Authority Is Classified as Recovered
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a pre-Federal Register publication final rule removing the snail darter from the federal Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. See Docket No. FWS-R4-ES 2020-0152. The snail darter is a small…
Arkansas State Conservationist's Partnership Award: Watershed Conservation Resource Center Named Recipient
The Arkansas Water Resource Center noted in its Fall 2022 publication Arkansas Water News that the Watershed Conservation Resource Center (“WCRC”) was the recipient of the Arkansas State Conservationist’s Partnership Award. The award was announced at the Arkansas Association of Conservation…
Storage Tank Enforcement: United States Environmental Protection Agency and Dallas/Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, Operator Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Yogkala Management, Inc. (“YMI”) entered into a September 27th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Docket No. RCRA-03-2022-0013. The CA provides that YMI is the…
Post-Closure Care Beyond 30 Years at RCRA Subtitle C Facilities: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Position Paper
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a position paper titled: Post-Closure Care Beyond 30 Years at RCRA Subtitle C Facilities (“Position Paper”) The Position Paper was drafted by ASTSWMO’s Hazardous Waste Subcommittee’s Corrective Action and…