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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a final rule on June 9th amending its regulations regarding authorizations to proceed with construction activities with respect to natural gas facilities. The natural gas facilities affected...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) submitted May 11th comments on draft March 25th guidance memorandum distributed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The draft guidance memorandum is titled:...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Martin-Aycock Properties, LLC, (“MAP”) entered into an April 14th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the asbestos provisions of the Alabama Code. See Consent Order...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The United States District Court of Oregon (“Court”) addressed in an April 14th Opinion an action alleging violation of rights stemming from construction of a solar energy array. See Kristine Yates v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 2020 WL 1867384 (D. Or....By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a March 9th Federal Register Notice referencing the availability of additional funding for brownfields. See 85 Fed. Reg. 13647. EPA states that it is going to make available...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and National Carbon Capture Center (“Capture Center”) entered into a February 13th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Admin. Code related to asbestos. See Consent...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

If you watch the news, you may have heard that the requirement known as the “individual mandate” under the Affordable Care Act, which generally requires that individuals either obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, was repealed by the Tax Cuts...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Riggins Commercial Construction, LLC, (“Riggins”) entered into a February 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Arkansas Court of Appeals recently limited a defendant’s right to allocate fault to nonparties. The allocation of fault to nonparties has long been a source of confusion and uncertainty for litigants in Arkansas. This is in part due to tension...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance issued a bulletin clarifying the applicability of Texas’ small and large employer health plan laws and regulations to individual coverage HRAs (ICHRAs) and excepted...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,