Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Barbour County Gasoline Transport Vessel Operator Enter into Consent Order
September 15, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Whatley Oil & Auto Parts Company, Inc. (“Whatley”) entered into a September 10th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Alabama air regulations. See Consent Order No. 25-XXX-CAP. The CO provides that Whatley is the…
How the Clean Air Act Impacts Building Necessary Infrastructure/Onshoring American Innovation: Subcommittee on Environment/U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing
September 12, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Subcommittee on Environment of the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on June 11, titled: Short-Circuiting Progress: How the Clean Air Act Impacts Building Necessary Infrastructure and Onshoring American Innovation (“Hearing”). The Energy and…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: Governor Sanders Announces Appointments
September 12, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The publication Talk Business published an article stating that Arkansas Governor Sanders announced the following appointments to the Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks (“Committee”): John Mark Goings, Little Rock, to the Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks. Term to expire…
Asbestos Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Atlanta Construction Company Enter into Consent Agreement
September 12, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Merit Construction Company (“MCC”) entered into an August 28th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act asbestos regulations. See Docket No. CAA-04-2025-0004(b). The CA addresses MCC’s alleged…
Regional Haze/Arkansas: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Public Notices Approval of State Implementation Plan Revisions
September 11, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the September 5th Federal Register a proposed rule approving an Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) revision. See 90 Fed. Reg. 43030. The revision submitted by the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division…