Project Emissions Accounting Rule/New Source Review: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denies Sierra Club Petition for Reconsideration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Regan (“Administrator”) in an October 12th letter responded to a Petition for Reconsideration submitted by the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Integrity Project, and the…
Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality: Portland Cement Association Report
The Portland Cement Association (“PCA”) issued a report titled: Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality – A More Sustainable World is Shaped by Concrete (“Report”) The Report describes how PCA member companies have committed to achieving carbon neutrality across the cement and concrete value chain by 2050…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Grant County Water Association Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Sardis Water Association/Public Water Authority (“SWA”) entered into a September 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution…
Arkansas Water & Wastewater Managers Association Fall 2021 Workshop: November 2nd & 3rd - North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas Water & Wastewater Managers Association (“AWWMA”) has scheduled its Fall 2021 Workshop (“Workshop”). The Workshop will be held on November 2nd & 3rd at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The AWWMA describes itself as a nonprofit organization formed in 1966 to…
Title VI Civil Rights Complaint/Port Arthur, Texas, Petroleum Coke Production Facility: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acceptance of Administrative Complaint
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) accepted pursuant to an October 15th letter an Administrative Complaint filed against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) by Lone Star Legal Aid (“Lone Star”) and the Environmental Integrity Project (collectively “EIP”)…