Exclusions from Ambient Air/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Final Revised Policy
December 16, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 2nd memorandum titled: Revised Policy on Exclusions from “Ambient Air” (“Memorandum”) The December 2nd Memorandum was transmitted from EPA Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler to the agency Regional Administrators. The…
Asbestos Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (Division of Environmental Quality) and Craighead County, Arkansas Contractor Enter into Consent Administrative Order
December 16, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environmental (Division of Environmental Quality) (“DEQ”) and Shannon Kee Construction, LLC, (“SKC”) entered into a November 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Asbestos Abatement Regulations (Regulation 21). See…
Regional Haze/Arkansas: Sierra Club Petition for Review Challenging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approval of Plan Revisions
December 13, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Sierra Club and National Parks Conservation Association (collectively “Sierra Club”) filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) approval of revisions to the State of Arkansas’s plan for addressing regional haze. The Petition…
The Thin Green Line: December 2019 Environmental Integrity Project Report Addresses State Pollution Control Agencies' Funding
December 13, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) published a December 5, 2019, report titled: The Thin Green Line: Cuts in State Pollution Control Agencies Threaten Public Health (“Report”) The EIP Report examines state pollution control agencies’ spending and staffing in the lower 48 U.S. states…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty to Decherd, Tennessee Engine Machining Facility
December 13, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Nissan North America, Inc., (“Nissan”) for alleged violations of an air permit. See Division of Air Pollution – Case No. APC19-0119. The Order states that Nissan operates an…