Insurance Coverage/Landfill: Louisiana Appellate Court Addresses Applicability of Total Pollution Exclusion
Co-Author: Sarah Dika A Louisiana Court of Appeals (Fourth Circuit) (“Court”) addressed an insurance coverage issue arising out of contamination associated with a landfill. See The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality v. Tidewater Landfill, LLC & The Louisiana Fruit Company , et al., 2021…
EPA Oversight of Synthetic-Minor-Source Permitting: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Report
July 13, 2021
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a July 8th report titled: EPA Should Conduct More Oversight of Synthetic-Minor-Source Permitting to Assure Permits Adhere to EPA Guidance (“Report”) See Report No. 21-P-0175. A…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Dolton, Illinois, Treatment and Storage Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., (“Safety-Kleen”) entered into a June 24th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Illinois Hazardous Waste Regulations. See Docket No. RCRA-05-2021-0033. The CAFO…
Environmental Insights/2021 Arkansas Legislative Session: Mitchell Williams Law Firm Webinar
Mitchell Williams Law Firm presented a webinar on June 30th titled: 2021 Legislative Session: What’s in? What’s Out? What’s all the Fuss About? The discussion was undertaken by Randy Thurman (Government Solutions) and Morril Harriman (Mitchell Williams Law Firm). The moderator was Jordan Wimpy…
Razorback Sucker/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Reclassification
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) announced in a July 7th Federal Register Notice a proposed Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) reclassification of the razorback sucker from endangered to threatened. See 86 Fed. Reg. 35708. The Service proposed reclassification from an endangered…