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…
Arkansas's Answer to the SALT Cap for Business Owners: The Arkansas Pass-Through Entity Tax Act
January 19, 2022
by Craig R. Cockrell
This article was corrected on March 2, 2022. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (The “TCJA”) imposes a $10,000 cap on the amount an individual may deduct for federal tax purposes for the payment of state and local income, property and sales taxes (referred to as “SALT”). The IRS issued a Notice in…
Southern Bog Turtle/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Petition Submitted to Fish and Wildlife Service Requesting Listing
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) submitted a Petition to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) requesting that the southern bog turtle be designated as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). The Petition also requests that the…