Arkansas 2025 Environmental Accomplishments: Environmental Council of the States References Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment Report
March 24, 2026
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) ran a March 20th news release titled:
Arkansas Showcases 2025 Environmental Accomplishments (“Report”).
The news release notes that the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment (“AE&E”) is:
… spotlighting a year of measurable progress in 2025, with accomplishments spanning water quality protection, air permitting, land restoration, and enterprise support.
Accomplishments referenced in the news release include:
- Office of Water Quality completed 2,688 permit actions and nearly 2,000 compliance actions, while conducting more than 40,000 surface water analyses and analyzing 253 samples from harmful algal blooms.
- Office of Air Quality issued 448 permits, carried out over 1,500 compliance evaluations, and distributed $633,900 through its Go RED! Diesel emission reduction assistance program.
- Office of Land Resources issued 689 solid waste licenses and invested millions of dollars in leaking storage tank projects, Brownfield assessments and remediation, and tire accountability programs.
- Division of Enterprise Services provided assistance to 62 small businesses, reviewed 124 requests under the National Environmental Policy Act, and certified over 2,300 pieces of recycling equipment.
ECOS describes itself as the:
… national nonprofit, nonpartisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders.
A copy of the ECOS news release can be found here.
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