The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Lac qui Parle Cooperative Oil Company (“LPCOC”) entered into an April 6th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) that addresses an alleged violation of the...more
The State of Wisconsin legislative bodies (House and Senate) enacted Assembly Bill 789 (“Bill”) which is described as generally exempting pyrolysis and gasification facilities from certain laws relating to solid waste storage...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) provided guidance on underground storage tank (“UST”) recordkeeping in the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association publication The Canopy (Issue 1, 2018)....more
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of...more
The American Chemistry Council’s (“ACC”) Petroleum Additives Panel’s Fuel Additives Task Group prepared a March 2018 report titled:
Overview of Diesel Additives & Filtration Issues
(“Report”)
...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 12 Federal Register notice promulgated a final rule which encompassed revisions to the Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) for the oil...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) entered into an Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) with First Group America, Inc., d/b/a First Student, Inc. and First Transit, Inc. See Docket No....more
The United States District Court (Mississippi-Western Division) (“Court”) issued a February 16th Memorandum Opinion and Order (“Opinion”) addressing whether a landowner’s common-law contamination claim related to oil and gas...more
The blog Commonground addressed a question regarding sampling at a leaking petroleum underground storage tank site....more
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Waring Oil Company, LLC (“Waring”) entered into a January 18th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Mississippi Code related to the release of...more
A Petroleum Marketers Association of America (“PMAA”) February 13th publication noted the White House’s proposal for funding the federal leaking underground storage tank program.
The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association is a...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 6th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Jones Fiber Products, Inc. (“JFPI”) See Case No. APC17-0166.
The Order...more
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the priority of claims between the City of Peoria, Illinois, and Banco Panamericano, a secured creditor, regarding gas-to-energy conversion infrastructure left behind from a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more
2/5/2018
/ Asbestos ,
Clean Water Act ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
False Statements ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pesticides ,
Safe Drinking Water Act
The American Petroleum Institute (“API”) recently announced that Kelly Robbins has been named Executive Director of the Arkansas Petroleum Council (“APC”).
As noted in an October 31st post, long-time APC Executive Director...more
A number of environmental organizations filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”)in the United States District Court for Middle District of Louisiana challenging certain federal permits and...more
1/31/2018
/ Clean Water Act ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Section 404 ,
Sierra Club ,
US Army Corps of Engineers
The United States District Court (Western District of Oklahoma) addressed in a January 11th Order the potential application of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine to certain documents generated by...more
1/25/2018
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
FRCP 26 ,
Halliburton ,
Internal Investigations ,
Oil & Gas ,
SIAC ,
Work-Product Doctrine ,
Young Lawyers
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a December 2017 report titled:
Waste Generation and Disposal: Awareness, Management, and Disposal Guidance for Solid Waste...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Bursaw Gas and Oil, Inc. (“BGO”) entered into a December 21st Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Oil...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Dimum, Inc. dba Jade Foods (“DI”) entered into a January 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and...more
My law firm colleague Nate Read and myself authored an article for the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association publication The Canopy titled:
Arkansas Medical Marijuana: Key Employment Law Issues for Petroleum Marketing...more
The United States House of Representatives Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a January 19th hearing entitled “Legislation Addressing LNG Exports and PURPA Modernization.”...more
1/16/2018
/ Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Conservation ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Exports ,
FERC ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
PURPA ,
Retailers ,
Utilities Sector
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an Order on Petition for Declaratory Order (“Order”) addressing Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC’s (“Constitution”) January 11th Petition for Declaratory Order...more
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a January 10th report (“Report”) stating that “nearly half of utility-scale capacity installed in 2017 came from renewables.”
The information originates...more