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Hazardous Chemicals/OSHA Enforcement: San Angelo, Texas Meat-Packing Plant Cited for Alleged Violations
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a May 6th news release stating that it had cited 7 S Packing LLC (“7 S”) for allegedly exposing workers to releases of hazardous chemicals. 7 S is stated to operate a facility known as Texas Packing Company in San Angelo, Texas. OSHA…
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Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require a Clean Water Act NPDES Permit?: Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Clean Water Agencies/Maui U.S. Supreme Court Case
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) and other municipalities filed an Amicus Brief in the pending Supreme Court of the United States case styled County of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, et al. The other parties on the brief include: City of New York City and County of San…
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Hydroelectric Incentive Payment Requirements: U.S. Department of Energy Notice of Availability of Guidance
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) published a May 21st Federal Register Notice referencing the availability of updated guidance describing the hydroelectric incentive payment requirements. See 84 Fed. Reg. 23043. The Guidance also explains the type of information that owners or…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and City of Stamps, Arkansas Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Stamps, Arkansas (“Stamps”) entered into an April 26th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No…
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I-30/40 Widening-Reconstruction/National Environmental Policy Act: U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Arkansas) Complaint Filed Addressing Finding of No Significant Impact
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Several individuals and various community/neighborhood organizations filed a May 20th Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and for Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive Relief in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas addressing what they described as a failure by the…
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