Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Millersburg Facility
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a January 22nd Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Highline-Warren, LLC (“HW”) for alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations. See Case No. CASE NO. LQ-HW-WR-2024-630…
2026 Funding Levels for Key Water Appropriations: Association of Clean Water Administrators Chart
The White House released the FY2027 President’s Budget Request last week. The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) states that the budget request for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is $4.203 billion. ACWA describes itself as the national voice of state and…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Bulk Packaging
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a March 24th interpretive letter the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to bulk packaging. See Reference No. 25-0147. PHMSA was responding to an October 27, 2025, letter from the…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Lonoke County Fiberglass/Fitting Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Grace Composites, L.L.C. (“GC”) entered into a January 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Case #: CAO-25-0065. The CAO provides that GC…
Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit: Arkansas Soybean Association Comments on Internal Revenue Service Proposed Regulations
The Arkansas Soybean Association (“ASA”) submitted April 6th comments on the proposed regulations the United States Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (collectively, “IRS”) published in February regarding the Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit (“PTC”) under Section 45Z of the…