Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Jackson County Secondary Aluminum Processing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Scottsboro Aluminum Industries, LLC (“Scottsboro”), entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. Scottsboro is stated to operate a secondary aluminum processing facility (“Facility”) in Jackson…
Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment-Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County Construction Site Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Wise & Nelson Properties, LLC (“W&N”) entered into an April 28th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations regarding the Clean Water Act Stormwater provisions. See LIS No…
Arkansas Repeals its LLC Laws and Adopts the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
Arkansas recently became the 20th state to enact the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (the “ULLCA”) as the governing law for the formation and operation of limited liability companies in the state. On April 30, 2021, Governor Hutchinson signed SB601 into law, now known as Act 1041 of 2021…
Pumped Storage Hydropower Challenges - Solutions: National Hydropower Association Announces Policy Paper
The National Hydropower Association (“NHA”) announced the submission of a Pumped Storage Hydropower (“PSH”) policy paper that identifies the challenges and solutions related to its development in the United States. The PSH policy paper was submitted as part of the International Forum on Pumped…
Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Gulfport Vacant Land Project Operator Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Gene Stock Construction (“GSC”) are stated to have entered into an April 6th Agreed Order (“AO”) relating to a failure to obtain a permit for discharge of waste into the water of the state. See Order No. 7106 21. The AO provides that…