{"id":52662,"date":"2021-03-10T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T18:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaclaw.visibilitywebdesign.com\/?p=52662"},"modified":"2021-03-10T18:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T18:30:32","slug":"first-circuit-rules-puerto-rico-municipal-ordinances-are-preempted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klaclaw.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/10\/first-circuit-rules-puerto-rico-municipal-ordinances-are-preempted\/","title":{"rendered":"First Circuit Rules Puerto Rico Municipal Ordinances Are Preempted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; width=&#8221;87%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-165px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; width=&#8221;95%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1749px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_cta title=&#8221;First Circuit Rules Puerto Rico Municipal Ordinances Are Preempted&#8221; button_url=&#8221;#TOP&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Georgia|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;22px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Noto Sans||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#ff6b5a&#8221; button_border_width=&#8221;5px&#8221; button_border_color=&#8221;#ff6b5a&#8221; button_border_radius=&#8221;100px&#8221; button_font=&#8221;Noto Sans|700||on|||||&#8221; button_use_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;34px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; button_text_color_hover=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_border_color_hover=&#8221;#ff9e59&#8243; button_bg_color_hover=&#8221;#ff9e59&#8243; button_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_color__hover=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_border_color__hover=&#8221;#ff9e59&#8243; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_bg_color__hover=&#8221;#ff9e59&#8243; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<header class=\"aba-article-header\">\n<hgroup>\n<h1 class=\"aba-article-header__headline\"><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"aba-article-header__subhead\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The court determined that the ordinances could not be enforced to the extent they directly conflicted with commonwealth law as promulgated by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h6 class=\"aba-article-header__authors\"><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"aba-article-header__authors\">By Karen Aldridge Crawford \u2013 June 8, 2017\\<\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"aba-article-header__authors\"><\/h6>\n<\/hgroup>\n<div>\n<section class=\"aba-article-sponsored-logo\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section data-component-name=\"share-social\" data-component-type=\"social\">\n<div class=\"aba-product-share__share-wrapper__icons\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-content basecomponent\">\n<section class=\"aba-article-content\">The First Circuit recently addressed whether a municipality may prohibit the beneficial use and disposal of coal ash at landfills within their borders when the state agency has authorized such activities. In<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca1\/16-2052\/16-2052-2017-05-16.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>AES Puerto Rico, L.P. v. Trujillo-Panisse<\/i><\/a>, No. 16-2052 (1st Cir. May 15, 2017), a coal-fired-power-plant owner, AES-PR, claimed that two municipal ordinances attempting such a prohibition were preempted by federal and commonwealth law and were in violation of the United States and Puerto Rico constitutions. The district court granted summary judgment for the municipalities on AES\u2019s federal claims and declined to exercise jurisdiction over the commonwealth claims.<\/p>\n<p>The First Circuit determined that the ordinances could not be enforced to the extent they directly conflicted with commonwealth law as promulgated by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (EQB), but reversed summary judgment in favor of the municipalities and remanded for the district court to enter judgment for AES-PR based on its claim of commonwealth preemption. The court reviewed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act program and its intent to precipitate cooperation among the federal, state, and local governments. After a serious discussion of the delegation of authority to states and the fact that Puerto Rico\u2019s Environmental Quality Board was given authority to manage solid waste (including coal ash) by the commonwealth\u2014unlike the district court\u2014determined that the EQB resolutions (and permits) carry the force of law and its permits allowing disposal in a sanitary landfill supersede a local ordinance prohibiting that disposal. The court pointed out that the commonwealth\u2019s public policy to give municipalities as much autonomy as possible is limited by a higher power and that \u201ca municipality cannot \u2018promote and further its own public policy\u2019 if that policy conflicts with Commonwealth law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The court determined that the ordinances could not be enforced to the extent they directly conflicted with commonwealth law as promulgated by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board. By Karen Aldridge Crawford \u2013 June 8, 2017\\ The First Circuit recently addressed whether a municipality may prohibit the beneficial use and disposal of coal ash at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Posted on March 21, 2013 by Karen Crawford<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The EPA issued its long-awaited CISWI Rule in the Federal Register on February 7, 2013. 78 FR 9112. The final rule, entitled \u201cCommercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units;<br>Reconsideration and Final Amendments; Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid<br>Waste,\u201d contains the provisions in EPA\u2019s 2011 rule, vacated in January 2012, that EPA agreed to<br>reconsider. The 2011 final rule in turn superseded EPA\u2019s 2000 CISWI rule. The new CISWI Rule<br>amends 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD and part 241. The amendments to 40 CFR part 60 subpart DDDD, along with certain incorporations by reference, were effective on the<br>promulgation date; amendments to part 60 subpart CCCC are effective August 7, 2013, and those to 40 CFR part 241 are effective April 8, 2013.<br>In response to both the court\u2019s vacatur of a Notice of Delay issued in 2011 and the numerous petitions for reconsideration and comments submitted by the regulated community and the<br>public, the final rule includes three subcategories of ERUs (energy recovery units) and two<br>subcategories for waste-burning kilns based on design-type differences, with separate carbon<br>monoxide (CO) limits for the latter. Certain limits were also revised based on comments<br>regarding the CO span methodology and on incorporation of additional data. The rule establishes<br>stack testing and continuous monitoring requirements and allows for the use of continuous<br>emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), setting levels based on a 3 hour block or 30-day rolling<br>average (depending on the parameter and subcategory of CISWI).<br>The rule addresses and preserves a source\u2019s choice to cease or start combusting solid waste at<br>any time due to market conditions or other reasons, and to switch from one set of applicable<br>emission standards to another pursuant to CAA section 112, thereby amending the original \"once<br>in always in\" approach reflected in the earlier versions of this rule. 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