Title V/Clean Air Act: Petition to Object Filed Addressing Houston, Texas Refinery
The Environmental Integrity Project, Texas Environmental, Justice Advocacy Services, Caring for Pasadena Communities, and Sierra Club (collectively, “EIP”) submitted an August 19th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator…
Solid Waste/Recycling/Judicial/Administrative Developments: 2024 Arkansas Solid Waste Association of North America Annual Meeting Presentation
The Arkansas Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America held its annual meeting on August 29th at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Center in Morrilton, Arkansas. I undertook a presentation titled: Solid Waste/Recycling/Judicial/Administrative Developments. (“Presentation”). The…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Baldwin County Secondary Aluminum Recycling Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Ecovery, LLC (“Ecovery”) entered into an August 7th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See CO No. 24-xxx-CAP. The CO provides that Ecovery operates a secondary aluminum recycling facility…
Project Emissions Accounting/Clean Air Act: National Waste & Recycling Association Comments on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed New Source Review Revision
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) submitted July 2nd comments to the United State Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing the proposed rule styled: Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) in Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR): Regulations Related to Project…
Enforcement Efforts by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility August 24 Report
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) organization has issued an August 2024 report titled: Enforcement Efforts by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“Report”). PEER states that it has examined the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”)…