Flow Control/Landfill: Federal Court Addresses Challenge to Shreveport, Louisiana Ordinance
A United States District Court (W.D. Louisiana) (“Court”) addressed in an April 16th Memorandum Ruling (“Ruling”) addressing a Shreveport, Louisiana ordinance requiring all municipal solid waste collected within the city to be disposed of at the Republic Woolworth Landfill (“Woolworth Landfill”)…
Proposed Constitutional Amendment: Arkansas Attorney General Again Rejects Clean and Healthy Environment Amendment
Arkansas Attorney General (“AG”) Tim Griffin transmitted an April 7th letter to Jennifer Waymack Standerfer rejecting a popular name and ballot title for a proposed Arkansas constitutional amendment titled: The Natural Environment Amendment. See Opinion No. 2026-034. The AG had previously…
Air Enforcement: New Mexico Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Violation Addressing Santa Fe County Facility
The New Mexico Environmental Department (“NMED”) issued a March 3rd Notice of Violation (“NOV”) to Vulcan Materials Company (“VMC”). See EPCEB Air Case No. VUL-1666-2201. The NOV addresses alleged violations of the Arizona air regulations and/or an air permit. VMC is stated to own and/or operate a…
Final Rulemaking Package Submitted for California Intervenor and AHB Fairness and Accountability Regulations
April 21, 2026
by Jerry Zimmerman
On April 20, 2026, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara submitted the final rulemaking package for the Intervenor and Administrative Hearing Bureau (AHB) Fairness and Accountability regulations (REG-2025-00006) to the Office of Administrative Law for final review. These regulations…
Regulatory Transformation Workshop/United States Army Corps of Engineers: May 12th Workshop in Little Rock, Arkansas
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) Little Rock District announced in an April 10th news release that it will hold a regulatory transformation workshop (“Workshop”) on May 12th. The Workshop will be held at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Corps…