Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on State and Local Air Compliance Monitoring Activities: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Project Notification
December 17, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a December 14th Project Notification titled: Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on State and Local Air Compliance Monitoring Activities (“Notification”) See Project No. OE-FY21-0065. The…
Energy Efficiency/Solar Energy: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Announces Arkansas Department of Corrections/Entegrity Project
December 17, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a December 15th news release announcing what it describes as an “Energy Performance Contracting Project” (“Project”). The Project is being coordinated by DEQ’s Office of Energy. DEQ will be…
Oklahoma Native American Reservations: Google Maps Implements Overlap of Geographic Boundaries
December 17, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Author: Micah Goodwin The United states Supreme Court on July 9th issued a landmark decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, No. 18-9526, 591 U.S. – (2020). The decision was addressed in a previous blog post found here. Google Maps, the world’s leading mapping service, has implemented an overlay of the…
Pecos River Compact: U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Texas/New Mexico Dispute
December 16, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Supreme Court of the United States (“Court”) issued a December 14th opinion addressing a dispute between Texas and New Mexico involving the Pecos River Compact (“Compact”). See Texas v. New Mexico, 592 U.S. _____ (2020). The Court has original jurisdiction because it is litigation between two…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Recycling Strategy: American Chemistry Council Comments
December 16, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The American Chemistry Council (“ACC”) submitted December 3rd comments to the United States Environmental Protection Action (“EPA”) on the agency’s draft: National Recycling Strategy (“Strategy”) EPA released the Strategy for comment on October 5th. The Strategy is described by EPA as identifying…