Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Co-Author: Grace Wewers The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit (“10th Circuit”) addressed in a June 28th Opinion an issue involving the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (“PURPA”). See Solar v. City of Farmington, No. 20-2028, 2021 WL 2640542 (10th Cir. 2021). The question was…
Arkansas Environmental Personnel Opportunity: Illinois River Watershed Partnership Seeking Youth Education/Water Quality Monitoring Program Manager
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) has an opening for a position titled: Program Manager for Youth Education and Water Quality Monitoring (“Position”) The Position is described as being responsible: . . . for fulfilling youth education and water quality monitoring programs. IRWP…
Benchmarking Air Emissions/100 Largest Electric Producers in the United States: July 2021 M.J. Bradley & Associations LLC Report
The Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) in a July 20th news release provided a copy of a July 2021 report titled: Benchmarking Air Emissions – Of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States (“Report”) The Report is authored by Christopher Van Atten, Amian Saha, Luke…
Sewage Sludge/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Liberty, Missouri, Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the City of Liberty, Missouri, (“Liberty”) entered into a July 12th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged Clean Water Act (“CWA”) violation. See CWA-07-2021-0031. The alleged violations are stated to have occurred…
Asbestos Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Star City Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Moser Construction, LLC, (“Moser”) entered into a June 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) Regulation 21…