Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2024: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issue Report
December 18, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on December 5th a press release publishing a report titled: Enforcement and Compliance Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2024 (“Report”). The Report provides for fiscal year 2024 various activities of the EPA in terms of civil and…
95th Arkansas General Assembly: Senate Bill 10 Pre-Filed Addressing Water Usage/Electric Grid Impact by Digital Asset Mining
December 18, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The 95th Arkansas General Assembly will convene on January 13, 2025. Bill filing began on November 15th. Senator Bryan King of Green Forest has introduced Senate Bill 10. The stated purpose of the Bill is to regulate the impact on water usage and the electric grid by the following: Blockchain…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile Sawmill Facility Enter into Consent Order
December 18, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Scotch and Gulf Lumber, LLC (“Scotch”) entered into a December 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Air Act Title V Major Source Operating Permit. Scotch is described as operating a sawmill facility in…
Title V/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Petition to Object Filed Addressing Houston, Texas Refinery
December 17, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Sierra Club and three other environmental organizations filed the following document before the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on December 3rd: Petition to Object to the Title V Operating Permit for the Valero Houston Refinery (“Petition”). The other three…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Aerosols
December 17, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 9th interpretive letter the application of federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to limited quantities of compressed gas and how it relates to aerosols. PHMSA was responding to a request from The Sterno…
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