Kori Andrews
MSD Has a New Director
-July 21, 2015
The Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) has named a new executive director. Tony Parrot, formerly of the executive director of Metropolitan Sewer District for Greater Cincinnati, has accepted the position. MSD is a quasi-governmental agency that serves the Louisville community through wastewater collection and treatment, stormwater drainage and management and flood protection. In the past […]
The Definition of “Waters of the U.S.” is Final
-June 29, 2015
Today, June 29, 2015, EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published their final rule: Clean Water Rule: Definition of ‘‘Waters of the United States’’. The rule will be effective on August 28, 2015, at which time numerous lawsuits that challenge the rule are anticipated. For a brief summary of the new rule, please […]
You’re Invited to KAM’s Energy Conference
-April 23, 2015
Is your facility looking for ways be more energy efficient? Join SMG on May 13th and 14th at the annual Kentucky Association of Manufacturers’ Energy Conference to learn about energy efficiency, reliability and affordability. Included in the program are insights from Governor Steve Beshear, Dr. Len Peters, and the 2015 Gubernatorial Candidates. In addition, SMG […]
KAEE 1st Annual Fundraising Luncheon
-March 9, 2015
On March 4th, 2015 the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education held a fundraising luncheon at The Park Lands of Floyds Fork. Students from Sayre Middle School in Lexington and Virginia Chance Elementary School in Louisville gave short presentations to the luncheon crowd. A theme of the luncheon was the importance of environmental education in schools in order to raise awareness […]
EPA’s Regulation for Water Quality Standards is Coming
-February 17, 2015
Almost a year and a half ago EPA released its proposed rule for new Water Quality Standards (click here for the announcement). The comment period for the proposed rule closed in January 2014 and last month (January 2015) EPA finally sent the final rule to OMB for regulatory review. We anticipate that the rule will […]
Hypoxia Task Force Revises Goals
-February 17, 2015
Twelve states, including Kentucky, are working on strategies to reduce nutrients in waterways. According to a recent EPA news release, the states are devising new strategies to reduce nutrients. Kentucky’s planned strategy can be found here. The states have revised goals of reducing nutrients loads 20% by 2025 and shrinking the hypoxia zone in the Gulf by about 4,000 […]
Update on WOTUS
-February 6, 2015
Last year (2014), EPA published a proposed rule redefining a Water of the United States. The public comment period has closed and EPA has not yet published its final rule. However, there was a Congressional Hearing on the proposed rule earlier this week. As a result of the hearing, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OKla.), chairman […]
APCD Upcoming Regulatory Changes
-January 28, 2015
Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI) held a meeting to introduce the new Regulatory Division Chief, Stacey Barbro, at Louisville’s Air Pollution Control District (APCD) on January 14th, 2015. As part of the introduction, APCD discussed several regulatory initiatives or changes that the regulated community should anticipate over the coming months and years. Briefly, the following topics were […]
Interested in Legislative or Regulatory Updates?
-January 12, 2015
Are you interested in environmental issues? If so, you need to know what’s going on in both federal and state legislation and regulations. SMG regularly posts updates on federal and state legislation and regulations here. In addition, SMG offers subscriptions to its Regulatory Update and Legislative Update. Regulatory Updates are published monthly, while Legislative Updates are […]
Sierra Club Sues to have EPA take over Enforcement of Clean Water Act
-January 9, 2015
Sierra Club, along with several other environmentally-focused organizations, have petitioned courts in Kentucky and West Virginia in an attempt to revoke the Clean Water Act authority that is currently held by both states. In a press release from Sierra Club, the following was stated: “There is no excuse for EPA not taking action long before […]