Tank Explosion/Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: Federal Court Considers Whether Alleged Failure to Warn Claim is Preempted
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“Court”) addressed in a March 11th Opinion whether the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (“HMTA”) preempted certain state tort law claims in relation to an explosion of a tank that caused a serious injury. See…
United States Electric Generation: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report Estimates Solar Power and Batteries Will Account for 60% of Planned New Capacity
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a March 7th report titled: Solar Power and Batteries Account for 60% of Planned New U.S. Electric Generation Capacity (“Report”) The EIA Report states that 60% of the generating capacity added to the United States power grid from…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Natural Gas Compressor Station Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC (“NGPL”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 22-017. The CAO provides…
Licenses and the Law Series, Part II: Receiving a Complaint
March 15, 2022
by Megan D. Hargraves
In addition, this article was co-authored by former Attorneys Lindsey Vechik and Peyton Hildebrand. As we explained in our first article, most licensing boards follow a similar process when it comes to investigating complaints against one of their licensees. First, the licensing board receives a…
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…