Reported Clean Air Act Compliance-Monitoring Activities-Federal/State: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Report Addresses COVID Period
December 16, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a November 17th report titled: Total National Reported Clean Air Act Compliance-Monitoring Activities Decreased Slightly During Coronavirus Pandemic, but State Activities Varied Widely (“Report”) …
PSD/Clean Air Act - Non-Applicability Determination: Renewable Fuels Project
December 15, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a notice of final agency action addressing a Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) non-applicability determination for a renewable fuels project (“Project”) in California. See 86 Fed. Reg. 70837. The…
Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Environmental Organizations Allege Violations by Virginia Public Owned Treatment Works
December 15, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. and James River Association (collectively “Chesapeake”) filed a December 6th Clean Water Act citizen suit action (“Complaint”) in the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia against the County of Henrico, Virginia (“Henrico”) alleging violations of a…
White County, Arkansas: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Ampler Development LLC Enter into Elective Site Cleanup Agreement
December 15, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Ampler Development LLC (“AD”) entered into a November 17th Electric Site Cleanup Agreement (“ESCA”). See LIS No. 21-118. The ESCA addresses a facility located in Searcy, Arkansas (“Site”). DEQ…
Coal Ash Pond Closure: Sierra Club/Georgia Supreme Court Petition Challenging Allocation of Costs
December 14, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Sierra Club filed a December 7th Petition for Writ of Certiorari (“Petition”) in the Supreme Court of Georgia challenging a lower court’s decision related to Georgia Power Company (“Georgia Power”) coal ash pond closure activities. The Sierra Club is appealing the lower court’s ruling that it…