Section 404 Permitting/Today & Tomorrow: Jimmy Rogers (FTN Associates) Arkansas Environmental Federation Webinar Presentation
Mr. Jimmy Rogers undertook a webinar presentation for the Arkansas Environmental Federation titled: Section 404 Permitting – Today & Tomorrow (“Presentation”) Mr. Rogers is an environmental scientist with FTN Associates in its Little Rock, Arkansas, office. The Presentation included an overview…
Underground Storage Tanks/Louisiana: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Direct Final Rule Approving State Regulatory Revisions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a June 4th Federal Register Notice announcing a direct final rule to approve the State of Louisiana’s revisions to its Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) program. See 85 Fed. Reg. 34361. The EPA approval includes Louisiana’s…
PPP Flexibility Act Makes Several Business-Friendly Changes to PPP Loan Program
On Friday, June 5, 2020, President Trump signed the “Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020,” which makes the several welcome changes to the PPP loan provisions of the CARES Act, enacted on March 27, 2020. The Flexibility Act’s changes to the PPP Loan program include the following: …
Solar Energy Facilities/Interconnection Tax: Supreme Court of Rhode Island Addresses Challenge to Imposition of Public Utility Commission Order
Co-Author Hannah Van Horn The Supreme Court of Rhode Island (“Court”) addressed in a June 1st opinion a challenge to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission’s (“PUC”) imposition of a tax as it related to companies that produce and distribute wind and solar energy. See ACP Land v. Rhode Island…
Air Enforcement: Proposed Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Order Penalty Assessment for Paris Wood Furniture Manufacturing Facility
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a proposed May 28th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Institutional Case Work, Incorporated (“ICI”). See Division of Air Pollution Control Case No. APC 20-0016. The Order provides that ICI operates a…