Arkansas Water Plan Update: Arkansas Department of Agriculture Schedules Additional Public Meetings
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture (“ADA”) announced additional public meetings as part of its process for updating the Arkansas Water Plan (“AWP”). The additional scheduled meetings include: May 6 Fowler Center 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro, AR (Afternoon session topic: Water Infrastructure) …
PFAS/Refinery: Denver Trout Unlimited Files Administrative Challenge to Colorado of Public Health and Environment NPDES Permit Limits
Denver Trout Unlimited, GreenLatinos, and the Colorado Sierra Club (collectively “Trout Unlimited”) filed an April 5th Request for an Adjudicatory Hearing (“Request”) before the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) challenging a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge…
Fund Eligibility/Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Proposed Order and Assessment Addressing Dandridge Farmer Cooperative
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Jefferson Farmers Cooperative (“JFC”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. Case No. FED24-0012. The Order addresses USTs at a…
Stationary Combustion Turbines/NESHAP: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denial of Petition to Delist
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final denial of a petition requesting removal of the Stationary Combustion Turbines source categories from the list of categories of major sources of Clean Air Act hazardous air pollutants (“HAP”). See EPA-HQ-0AR-2020-0408. The…
Water Sector Risk/Resilience Requirements: Federal Legislation Introduced to Establish a Water Risk and Resilience Organization
Congressman Rick Crawford (Arkansas) and John Duarte (California) introduced H.R. 7922 which is described as establishing: … a Water Risk and Resilience Organization to develop risk and resilience requirements for the water sector. H.R. 7922 would establish a new governing body titled The Water…