Transportation/Hazardous Materials: U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Propane Storage Containers
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a October 14th interpretive letter the application of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to transportation of ASME propane storage containers, with respect to requirements for consumer…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Warren Gasification Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Price Services, Inc. (“PSI”) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Case #: CAO-25-0005. The CAO provides that PSI owns…
Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Air Act: Federal Court Addresses U.S. Department of Justice Request to Intervene/Dismiss NAACP's Challenge to Southaven, MS Data Center
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi addressed in an October 19th Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) a request by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to intervene as a Plaintiff and dismiss the citizen suit action filed by the National Association for the…
Riparian Rights: Florida Appellate Court Addresses Scope of Right to a View
Co-Author Maxwell Parker The District Court of Appeals of Florida (“Court”) addressed an issue involving riparian rights. The issue considered was an Aventura landowner’s claim that his neighbor’s dock construction plans would infringe upon his riparian right to a direct, unobstructed view of the…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: October 28th Meeting (Discussion Packet Included)
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…