Toxic Pesticides Act of 2020: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Amendments Introduced
United States Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced proposed legislation (“Proposed Legislation”) to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”). Senator Udall is the Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on…
Title V Petition to Object Rule Revisions/Permit Application Impacts: Ben Holden (GBMc & Associates), Arkansas Environmental Federation Webinar Presentation
Ben Holden, P.E., undertook a webinar presentation for the Arkansas Environmental Federation titled: Title V Petition to Object Rule Revisions – Permit Application Impacts (“Presentation”) Ben is the Air Services Manager for GBMc & Associates. The other presenters included Stuart Spencer of…
Storm Water Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Ocean Springs Development Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Little Bluff, LLC, (“Little Bluff”) entered into a May 4th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged failure to obtain a storm water permit. See Order No. 7037 20. The AO provides that Little Bluff is engaged in a residential…
Harmful Algal Blooms: Beaver Watershed Alliance Webinar - August 20th
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) is holding as part of a speaker series a webinar titled: Harmful Algal Blooms (“Webinar”) The Webinar will address harmful algal blooms (“HABs”) in Arkansas. It will address: Case studies on Lake Hamilton and Lake Fayetteville Harmful Algal Bloom Management…
Oversight of States Implementation of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Air Emissions Regulations: July 30th U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Report
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a July 30th report titled: EPA Needs to Improve Oversight of How States Implement Air Emissions Regulations for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (“Report”) See Report No. 20-P-0236. OIG undertook…