Air Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Crowley Rice Milling Facility Enter into Proposed Settlement Agreement
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Supreme Rice, LLC (“SR”) entered into a February 23rd Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See SA-AE-25-0016. The SA provides that SR operates a rice milling facility in Crowley, Louisiana. The…
Cost Recovery Action/CERCLA: Federal District Court Addresses Arranger Issue
A United States District Court (“Court”) (D. Puerto Rico) addressed in a March 25th Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) an issue arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”). See PROTECO Landfill Superfund Site Generator Parties Group v. MRJ…
Arkansas Environmental Federation Land Seminar: April 14th/North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) will be holding its annual Land Seminar on April 14th in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The Land Seminar will be held at the Wyndham River Front located at 2 Riverfront Place. AEF describes the Land Seminar as bringing together professionals responsible…
Executing Electronic Waste Manifests Under Superfund Contracts - Enforcement Models/Interagency Agreements: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Guidance Document
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Land and Emerfency Management distributed a February 17th guidance document titled: Executing Electronic Waste Manifests Under Superfund Contracts, Enforcement Models, and Interagency Agreements (“Guidance”). The Guidance is…
Winning the AI Race/Tapping Into Pumped Storage Hydropower: National Hydropower Association Report
The National Hydropower Association (“NHA”) issued a March 2026 report titled: Winning the AI Race: Tapping into Pumped Storage Hydropower (“Report”). The Report argues that 60,000+ megawatts of proposed new pumped storage hydropower can help achieve American AI dominance. Pump storage…