CLEAN AIR ACT: FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ASKS TO ENJOIN CONSTRUCTION OF A LOUISIANA DIRECT REDUCED IRON MANUFACTURING FACILITY BECAUSE OF ALLEGED TECHNOLOGY CHANGES
Author: Walter G. Wright The Zen-Noh Grain Corporation ("Zen") filed an action in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to enjoin Consolidated Environmental Management, Inc. Nucor Corporation, Nucor Big Iron Holdings, Inc. and Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC (collectively…
CLEAN AIR ACT: EPA AND SIERRA CLUB ENTER INTO CONSENT DECREE TO ADDRESS CLAY MANUFACTURING NESHAP
Author: Walter G. Wright The federal Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") published a December 7 Federal Register Notice noting a proposed Consent Decree to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Sierra Club had filed a…
SENATOR MARK PRYOR (ARKANSAS) INTRODUCES FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS RELATING TO THE TAKING OF MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
Author: Walter G. Wright United States Senator Mark Pryor (Arkansas) has introduced legislation which would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ("Treaty Act") to provide certain exemptions relating to the taking of migratory game birds. Senator John Boozman (Arkansas) is a cosponsor along with…
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT ISSUES REPORT TITLED THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE CHESAPEAKE--ENFORCEMENT"™S CRITICAL ROLE IN RESTORING THE BAY
Author: Walter G. Wright The Environmental Integrity Project ("EIP") issued a December 2012 report titled The Clean Water Act and the Chesapeake "“Enforcement's Critical Role in Restoring the Bay ("Report"). EIP examined public data obtained from both the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA")…
WATER: TEXAS APPELLATE COURT ADDRESSES OWNERSHIP OF A RIVERBED
Author: Walter G. Wright The Texas Court of Appeals in Billie and Carolyn Buckingham, et al v. Josh McAfee, et al, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 10322 (December 12, 2012) addressed the ownership of a Texas riverbed. The Buckingham's were deeded a portion of the North Fork of the Red River riverbed. Prior…