Omicron/COVID: Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Letter Outlining Impact on Solid Waste Industry
The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) outlined in a January 13th letter to the Chairman of the Rules and Legislative Oversight Committee of the Baltimore, Maryland, City Council the impact of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is currently having on the: . . . collection of solid…
Beaver Lake Watershed Metrics Development/Speaker Series: February 17th Beaver Watershed Alliance Zoom Presentation
The Beaver Watersheds Alliance (“BWA”) announced it will hold a Zoom presentation titled: Beaver Lake Watershed Metrics Development (“Presentation”) The Zoom Presentation will take place on February 17th from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM (CST). BWA states that a panel of guest speakers will include: …
Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act: Congressional Legislation Proposed to Expand Best-Available Monitoring Technologies
Several Senators introduced legislation on January 14th titled: Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act of 2022 (“Bill”) The Bill would authorize $55 million for over four years for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to: Annually update/expand its online air…
Wastewater Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Order Addressing Knoxville Gasoline Convenience Store
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 11th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Pilot Travel Centers LLC (“Pilot”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Water Quality Control Act. See Director’s Order No. WPC21-0152. The Order provides…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Piggott Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Piggott, Arkansas, (“Piggott”) entered into a January 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System…