Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Bailey Taylor Named Interim Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Associate Administrator Office of Air Quality
Bailey Taylor has been named the Interim Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Office of Air Quality Associate Administrator. Ms. Taylor replaces Will Montgomery who has recently joined Wal-Mart Corporate as Director, Strategic Initiatives –…
Modernizing Public Notice for RCRA Hazardous Waste Permitting/Other Actions : Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Comments
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted February 11th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on a notice EPA had published in the December 16th Federal Register titled: Modernizing Public Notice for RCRA…
Endangered Species Act/Southeastern Mussels, Snails and a Reptile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Direct Final Rule Revising Taxonomy/Nomenclature
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a Direct Final Rule (“DFR”) in the February 17th Federal Register announcing the revised taxonomy of 16 wildlife species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See 87 Fed. Reg. 8960. The 16 wildlife species include southeastern…
Solar Energy/Planning Board: Massachusetts Court Addresses Preemption/Screening Issues
February 28, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
A Massachusetts Land Court (Worcester County) (“Court”) addressed in a February 18th Decision the denial by a Planning Board (“Board”) of a special permit for a solar array. See Summit Farms, LLC, et al. v. Planning Board for the Town of New Braintree, Massachusetts, 2022 WL 522438. The issues…
Pyrolysis/Gasification Units - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: National Association of Clean Water Agencies Comments
February 28, 2022
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) submitted December 20, 2021, comments on the September 8th Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) titled: Potential Future Regulation Addressing Pyrolysis and Gasification Units The ANPRM was published in the Federal Register on…