PM2.5/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Motion for Vacatur of Revised NAAQS
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) filed a Motion for Vacatur (“Motion”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in regard to pending challenges to the PM2.5 Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”). The Commonwealth of Kentucky and a…
Net Metering/Solar-Energy Generating Facility: Arkansas Court of Appeals Addresses Agricultural Operations Challenge to Tarriff
The Court of Appeals of Arkansas (“Court”) addressed in a November 19th Opinion an issue involving net metering. See Don L. Kittler, Jr. v. Entergy Arkansas, LLC, 2025 Ark. App. 567. The question addressed was whether Entergy was treating net-metering customers differently than non-net-metering…
Stormwater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and St. Clair Developer Enter Into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Beaver Creek Partners, LLC (“BC”) entered into a November 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a Construction NPDES General Permit. See Consent Order 26-XXX-CLD. The CO provides that BC is an Alabama developer…
Corrosion Control: American Water Works Association Issues Implementation Framework
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) issued a document titled: Corrosion Control Implementation Framework (“Framework”). The stated intent for issuing the Framework was to provide guidance to water systems seeking to implement corrosion control treatment (“CCT”): Either for compliance…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting - December 5th Meeting/Agenda Announced
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment announced the agenda for the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) meeting on December 5th. The Commission is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly…