Brett Miller

Mar 25, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Madeleine Boyer |Laura McAfee |Brett Miller

The Alert effectively formalizes an enforcement initiative that EPA Regions V and VI began late last year in the wake of the BP Products North America Inc. (BPP) Whiting Refinery Consent Decree, which resulted in an eye-watering civil penalty of $40 million, a $5 million Supplemental Environmental Project, and nearly $200 million in injunctive relief that included the installation of benzene strippers.

Jan 5, 2024 | lexology.com | Mark Loyd |Brett Miller |Stephanie M. Bruns

Effective January 1, 2024, Indiana began imposing successor liability for past-due taxes in certain transactions involving the transfer of assets. This successor’s liability applies to transactions that close on or after February 14, 2024 in which a business owner transfers over 50 percent of the business’s tangible personal property to another person. Transfers of tangible personal property occur and successor liability may be triggered even if the seller does not receive any consideration.

Dec 13, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Madeleine Boyer |Brett Miller |Graham Pough

[1] See Collins v. Tex. Natural Res. Conservation Comm’n, 94 S.W.3d 876, 880-83 (Tex. App.—Austin 2002, no pet.) (determining that a hearing requestor regarding an air permit application was not an affected person even though he lived 1.3 miles away from the facility); see also Application by Holcim (US) Inc. for Air Quality Permit Nos.

Dec 12, 2023 | lexology.com | Madeleine Boyer |Michael F. Vitris |Brett Miller |Graham Pough

Companies seeking air quality permits or permit amendments for construction of new projects under the Texas Clean Air Act’s New Source Review (NSR) program should note recent court decisions at federal, state, and administrative levels that likely have potentially significant procedural and substantive legal implications.

Jun 13, 2023 | lancasteronline.com | Keith Greiner |Steven J Mentzer |Brett Miller |Mindy Fee

Each year, the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the governor are tasked with crafting and approving a state budget. Negotiating a balanced budget is arguably one of the most important tasks we face. The state budget is just like every family budget in that there needs to be enough income to match or exceed expenses. Seventy percent of all state revenue comes from income tax and sales tax.