Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Jimmy Rogers Joins ECCI
Jimmy Rogers has joined as Senior Environmental Scientist and Project Manager for the Little Rock Office of Engineering, Compliance, & Construction, Inc. (“ECCI”). Mr. Rogers previously served as an Environmental Scientist at FTN Associates from 2005 until April 2024. His areas of expertise…
PFOA/PFOS/CERCLA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Designating as Hazardous Substances
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a prepublication version of a Final Rule that would designate two of the Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) as Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) hazardous substances. Final Rule…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Hammond Hazardous Waste Storage Facility Enter into Settlement Agreement
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and LEI, Inc. (“LEI”) entered into a Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressed alleged violations of certain hazardous waste regulations. See SA-HE-23-0086. The SA provides that LEI owns and/or operates a permitted hazardous waste storage and…
Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act: U.S. House of Representatives Legislation
United States House of Representatives Members John Curtis (“Utah”) and Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez (“Washington”) introduced legislation titled: Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act (“Act”) The bill would exempt water utilities from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response…
Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Development-2023-2024: Arkansas Environmental Federation Presentation
I undertook a presentation at the April 17, Arkansas Environmental Federation Land Seminar titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Development – 2023-2024 The presentation addressed a variety of federal and state decisions, litigation, rulings, regulations, policies…