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AFL-CIO Emergency Petetion for Writ of Mandamus: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Addresses Request for OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law, Health Care
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) June 11th Order addressed a petition submitted by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (“AFL-CIO”) related to COVID-19. See No. 20-1158. The AFL-CIO submitted an emergency petition for a…
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Transportation/Hazardous Materials Regulations: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Applicability to Internal Combustion Engines/Combustible Liquids
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a May 19th letter the applicability of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to the transportation of internal combustion engines and combustible liquids. PHMSA was responding to a question posed…
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Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: June 24, 2020 Meeting (Teleconference)
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
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Lead Contamination/Duty to Warn: Indiana Court of Appeals Addresses Claims Related to State Agencies
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Co-Author: Hannah Van Horn The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Court”) addressed in a June 10th Opinion issues relating to lead contaminated soil in a residential area. See State v. Alvarez by next friend Alvarez, 2020 WL 3068449 (Ind. Ct. App. June 10, 2020). Area residents filed a lawsuit alleging…
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Flares/New Source Performance Standards: Environmental Organizations Notice of Intent to Sue for Alleged Failure to Perform a Nondiscretionary Duty (Failure to Review)
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Environmental Integrity Project and nine other environmental organizations (collectively “EIP”) sent a June 11th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to Sue the Environmental Protection Agency for Failure to Perform a Nondiscretionary…
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