National Contingency Plan/CERCLA/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Addressing Dispersants/Spill Mitigating Substances
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a final rule in the June 12th Federal Register amending the requirements in Subpart J of National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (“NCP”). See 88 Fed. Reg. 38280. The final rule addresses the use of…
Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in the United States/50-State Survey of Siting Restrictions: Sabin Center for Climate Change Law 2023 Report
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, issued the May 2023 edition of a report titled: Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in the United States (“Report”) The Report provides an update and expansion of previous Sabin Center for Climate Change Law reports published in…
American Water Works Association Heroism Award: Two Central Arkansas Water Employees Honored
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) announced in a June 9 news release that the organization’s Heroism Award is going to be presented to two Central Arkansas Water (“CAW”) employees. The CAW employees are Stephen Shirley and Chris Duncan. Mr. Shirley serves as a foreman and Duncan a…
Can You Discipline Employees for Workplace Outbursts? NLRB Says It Depends on the Setting
June 13, 2023
by Audra K. Hamilton
Imagine that an employee in a workplace meeting stands up, and in a profanity-laced tirade, calls the manager in the meeting several names not fit for print. Most employers would immediately discipline, if not fire, that employee for violations of any number of workplace rules, such as…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee: Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards Recommendation
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (“CASAC”) transmitted a June 9th letter to Administrator Michael S. Regan addressing: CASAC Review of the EPA’s Policy Assessment (PA) for the Reconsideration of the Ozone national Ambient Air Quality…