Lead Service Lines/Drinking Water: Internal Revenue Service Determination Addressing Exemption of Replacement Cost
The United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) addressed the federal income tax treatment of certain lead service line replacement programs for residential property owners. See announcement 2024-10. The IRS determination concludes that a government subsidized project to replace the private…
Tennessee Waste Reduction Recycling Act: Legislation Introduced Establishing Producer Responsibility Requirements
The Tennessee Waste Reduction and Recycling Act (“Act”) has been introduced into the Tennessee General Assembly which would require sellers, distributors, and importers of certain packaging materials to take actions to reduce the amount of packaging materials that become litter. The Act is…
Arkansas State Plant Board Quarterly Meeting: March 5/Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas State Plant Board (“Board”) has scheduled its next quarterly meeting for March 5 at 9:30 A.M. The meeting will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas. The agenda items include: Opening comments and Board member introductions…
Alternative Test Methods/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Identifies Additional Approvals
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the January 25th Federal Register an announcement regarding appliable alternative test method approval decisions that the federal agency recently approved under the Clean Air Act. See 89 Fed. Reg. 4942. The applicable…
Asbestos NESHAP Criminal Enforcement: Federal Court Addresses Challenges to Indictments
A United States District Court (“Court”) (D. Idaho) addressed in a February 27th Memorandum Decision and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue arising out of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) charging an individual (Brek “Pilling”) with violation of the Clean Air Act National Emissions…