Solid Waste Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Proposed Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment Addressing Portland Recycling Facility
November 14, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a September 24th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Radius Recycling, Inc. (“Radius”) addressing alleged violations of solid waste and waste tire rules. See Case No. LQ-SW-NWR-2019-150. The Notice provides that…
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Appointment of Two Arkansans
November 14, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on November 13th new, returning, and existing members of its Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (“Committee”). EPA describes the Committee as providing: …independent policy advice and recommendations to…
FinCEN Warns Financial Institutions of Fraud Schemes Arising from Deepfake Media Using Generative Artificial Intelligence
November 13, 2024
by Anton L. Janik, Jr.
Today the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Alert to help financial institutions identify fraud schemes relying in part on the use of deepfake media created through generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). FinCEN specifically notes seeing “an…
National Environmental Policy Act: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Holds Council on Environmental Quality Lacks Authority to Issue Rules
November 13, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“Court”) issued a November 12th Opinion addressing an issue arising out of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). See Marin Audubon Society, et al., v. Federal Aviation Administration, et al., No. 23-1067. The Court…
Stormwater Flow/Adjacent Properties: Complaint Filed in Lonoke, Arkansas Circuit Court Seeking Injunctive Relief/Damages
November 13, 2024
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Cedar Lake Estates, LLC, Robert Dunn, John Belden, and Jeff Evans (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a November 8th Complaint against Leruss Holdings, LCC (“LH”) alleging damages. See Case No. 43CV-24-1070. The alleged damage is stated to be due to LH’s undertaking: …alterations to its land…