Safe Drinking Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Mansfield Township Municipal Complex (New Jersey) Enter into Consent Agreement
February 25, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and Mansfield Township Municipal Complex (“Township”) entered into a January 29th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”). See Docket No. SDWA-02-2019-8404. The CAFO provides…
Native Plants, Green Roofs, and Low Impact Development: Workshop Scheduled for Northwest Arkansas Locations
February 25, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Four workshops have been scheduled in Northwest Arkansas titled: Native Plants, Green Roofs, & LID (“Workshop”) The objective of the Workshop is to provide homeowners information about how they can protect local waterways by implementing low impact development (“LID”) techniques on their…
Texas Insurance Commissioner Issues Bulletin Clarifying Applicability of Texas Small and Large Employer Health Plan Requirements in Light of Recent Federal Rules Expanding Availability of HRAs
On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance issued a bulletin clarifying the applicability of Texas’ small and large employer health plan laws and regulations to individual coverage HRAs (ICHRAs) and excepted benefit HRAs. These clarifications were prompted…
Washington State Opens Rule Making Process for Increasing Allowable Amount for Risk Reduction Goods and Services
February 24, 2020
by Julie M. Pomerantz
The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner announced it would start a rule making process for increasing allowable amount for risk reduction goods and services in the State of Washington. The insurance industry has the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions on the…
Normal Operation of Railcars in Transit/Applicability of Clean Water Act Discharge Prohibition: U.S. Surface Transportation Board Institutes Declaratory Order Proceeding
February 24, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) instituted a Declaratory Order proceeding on February 19th that will address whether 49 U.S.C. 10501(b): . . . preempts the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) discharge prohibition and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting regime as…