Natural Resources Damages/Oil Pollution Act Enforcement: United States/Arkansas Game and Fish Commission/Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment and ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, LLC Enter into Consent Decree
The United States, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (“AGFC”), and Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) entered into a Consent Decree with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, LLC and Mobil Pipe Line Company, (collectively “ExxonMobil”) addressing…
Title V/Clean Air Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addressing Colorado Oil and Gas Production Facilities
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) transmitted a May 8th Clean Air Act Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) over an alleged failure to: …issue or deny the Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permits for Bonanza Creek Energy Operating…
Trust Fund Eligibility/Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order Addressing Hermitage Retail Motor Fuel Facility Operator
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a Proposed May 23rd Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Racetrac, Inc. (“Racetrac”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) Regulations. The Order provides that Racetrac operates USTs…
Water Resources Development Act of 2024/U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee: Arkansas Provisions
The United States Senate Environment & Public Works Committee has advanced the following legislation: Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (“WRDA2024”). The Water Resources Development Act is biennial legislation that authorizes flood control, navigation, and ecosystem restoration projects…
Mining/National Environmental Policy Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses U.S. Forest Services Use of Categorical Exclusions
The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (“9th Circuit”) addressed in a May 21st Opinion whether the United States Forest Service (“Service”) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). See Friends of the Inyo; Western Watersheds Projects, et al. v. United States Forest…