Lower Umatilla Basin (Oregon)/Safe Drinking Water Act: Food and Water Watch Petition for Emergency Action Submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
February 18, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Food & Water Watch (“F&W”) and a number of other organizations submitted a petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) titled: Petition for Emergency Action Pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act § 1431, 42 U.S.C. § 300i to Protect Citizens of the Lower Umatilla Basin in…
Fueling the Fire: How Extortion Has Changed the Face of Data Breaches
Ransomware attackers typically encrypt victims’ data and demand ransom in exchange for the decryption keys. Ransomware is not a new cybercriminal activity. In fact, ransomware attacks are over 30 years old.[1] However, around the mid-2010’s, ransomware attacks really took off, growing in…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Medical Waste
February 17, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a January 2nd interpretive letter a question regarding the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to regulated medical waste. PHMSA was responding to an August 16, 2019, letter…
PFAS: Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Reports Addressing Landfill Leachate Wastewater Treatment Facilities
February 17, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation released on February 5th reports addressing issues involving per- and polyfluorinated substances (“PFAS”). The reports address: PFAS and landfill leachate Evaluation of the impact of landfill leachate on PFAS concentrations at wastewater…
Arkansas Soil Health Alliance Annual Meeting: February 25th - McGehee, Arkansas
February 17, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Soil Health Alliance has scheduled its annual meeting for February 25th. The meeting will be held at Hoots BBQ in McGehee, Arkansas. Topics to be addressed at the meeting are stated to include: Healthy Soils for Sustainable Cotton Soil Health Impacts on Nutrient and Water Cycles How…