Clean Air Act/Stationary Source Permits and Other Technical Topics: Ben Holden, Managing Consultant (Trinity Consultants) UALR Bowen Law School Presentation
Ben Holden undertook a presentation for my University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law Environmental Law Class on April 1st titled: Clean Air Act: Stationary Source Permits and Other Technical Topics (“Presentation”). Ben is a Professional Engineer and serves as a Managing Consultant at…
2025 Alabama Legislature: Legislation Introduced That Provides Recycling Credits for Productive Use of Recyclable Materials
House Bill 381 was introduced on March 4th into the Alabama legislature which would provide certain incentives for utilization of recyclable materials. The Bill would: require the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to issue recycle credits to persons producing new products or energy…
Trichloroethylene Toxic Substances Control Act Rule: 124 Environmental Organizations Transmit Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Seeking Reinstatement
124 community, environmental, public health, and other organizations jointly transmitted a March 2025 letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Zeldin asking that the agency: …reinstate its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) trichloroethylene (TCE) final…
Stormwater Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Portland Tire Service Center
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a January 16th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Purcell Tire NW, Inc. (“Purcell”). See Case No. WQ/SW-NWR-2023-575. The Notice addresses Purcell’s facility in Portland, Oregon. The Notice states that the…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County Wastewater Treatment Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bauxite, Arkansas entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…