Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Jefferson County Cottonseed Oil Mill Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc. (“Planters”) entered into an October 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit (“Permit”). See LIS No. 20-176. Planters is…
Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Proposed Policy Statement
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) proposed on October 15th a policy statement titled: Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets (“Policy”) See Docket No. AD20-14-000. The FERC characterizes the proposed Policy’s objective as encouragement of efforts to incorporate…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Covington, Louisiana, Health Care Facility Enter into Consent Agreement and Final Order
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Ochsner Health Center (“OHC”) entered into an October 6th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) Hazardous Waste Regulations. See Docket No…
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Underground Storage Tank Program: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Major Grant
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in an October 21st news release a grant for the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) program. EPA stated it was awarding DEQ a grant for…
CDC's New Definition of "Close Contact" Impacts Contact Tracing in Workplaces
October 22, 2020
by Nathan A. Read
On October 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) expanded the definition of “close contact” for contact tracing purposes. The CDC previously defined close contact as 15 consecutive minutes within six feet of an infected person. The new definition still uses 15 minutes as…