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…
Mixed Municipal Solid Waste/Flow Control: Federal Court Addresses Constitutional Challenge to Goodhue County, Minnesota, Ordinance
A United States District Court (D. Minnesota) (“Court”) addressed in a July 13th Order issues arising out of a Goodhue County, Minnesota, ordinance addressing mixed municipal solid waste (“MMSW”). See Paul’s Industrial Garage, Inc. v. Goodhue County, et al., 2021 WL 2936693. The Order addresses a…
Illinois River Watershed Partnership: Northwest Arkansas Low Impact Development Conference/November 3rd-4th
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) announced the: 2021 Northwest Arkansas Low Impact Development Conference (“Conference”) The Conference will be held at the Thaden Fieldhouse in Bentonville, Arkansas, and virtually via Zoom on November 3rd and 4th. IRWP states that the purpose of…