Tag: Government Relations
Start Ups, Shut Downs and Upsets
On June 12, 2015, EPA published a final rule (80 Fed. Reg. 33839) concluding that the State Implementation Plan (SIP) of many states, including Kentucky, is deficient due to their defenses for excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction. The rule, entitled “State Implementation Plans: Response to Petition for Rulemaking; Restatement and Update of EPA’s […]
New Regulations and Programs – Making Sense of It All
As we have discussed frequently, in these pages and elsewhere, the adoption of new programs and regulations seems to be continuing to increase, both in pace and number and in complexity and cost. As a limited example, just recently we have seen the Water of the US rule finalized; we are about to see a […]
Chamber Business Summit Looks at Big Ideas and Problems
For the third year, I attended the Kentucky Chamber Business Summit this week. While we participate in numerous conferences each year, most are focused on environmental, health and safety or energy issues – all important to our business and our clients. The Business Summit is a different kind of conference. The ideas and issues addressed […]
MSD Has a New Director
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
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 […]