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New Source Review/Clean Air Act: U.S. Senator Markey Letter to U.S. EPA Questioning "Begin Actual Construction" Guidance
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a September 2nd Interpretive Letter addressing the definition of “Begin Actual Construction” in the Clean Air Act New Source Review (“NSR”) regulations. The September 2nd letter revises EPA’s view of the phrase “Begin Actual…
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Renewable Energy/Wastewater Facilities: American Biogas Council Releases Report
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The American Biogas Council (“ABC”) issued a September 25th news release titled: New Data Shows Wastewater Facilities Produce 7.3 Billion kWh of Energy Each Year — With Greater Potential Available (“Report”). ABC states that the data shows: …the extensive role municipal wastewater facilities…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Manila Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Manila entered into an August 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit. See…
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Natural Resource Damages/CERCLA: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Scope
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Co-Author Max McCastlain The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a September 3rd Opinion an issue associated with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) term “natural resources.” See Confederated Tribes of the Colville…
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Citizen Suit Action/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Judicial Action Alleging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Failure to Address PM2.5 Attainment Status for San Joaquin Valley
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Sierra Club and other organizations filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (“Court”) a September 2nd Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging a failure to…
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