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…
Disclosure of Wetlands/Real Estate Contract: Ohio Appellate Court Addresses Closing Date Extension Issue
The Court of Appeals of Ohio (Seventh District – Carroll County) (“Court”) addressed in a September 24th Opinion whether the closing date for a real estate contract had been extended. See Linda M. Fiscus, Successor Trustee of the Morvatz Family Revocable Living Trust dated July 27, 1999, v. Thomas…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order Related to LaFollette, Tennessee, Owner
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a proposed September 24th Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Big Creek Market, LLC, (“BCM”) regarding alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank rules. See Case No. UST20-0109. The Order provides that BCM is…