Arkansas/Oklahoma Memorandum of Agreement Announced: Illinois River Watershed Collaboration
November 15, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The states of Arkansas and Oklahoma announced on November 14th the execution of a document titled: Memorandum of Agreement by and Between the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment, the Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, and the Arkansas…
United States Power Plant Water Withdrawals Decline: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report
November 15, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a November 9th report (“Report”) addressing water withdrawals by United States power plants. The Report concludes that water withdrawals by United States power plants have been declining. The focus of EIA’s analysis is on water…
112(r)/Clean Air Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Midway, Tennessee, Chemical Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
November 15, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and U.S. Nitrogen LLC (“U.S. Nitrogen”) entered into an October 23rd Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violation of Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act. See Docket No. CAA-04-2018-8020(b). The CA provides that U.S. Nitrogen…
Project Aggregation/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Concludes Reconsideration of 2009 Guidance
November 14, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a November 7th Federal Register Notice described as a “Final Action” that concludes: . . . the reconsideration of an earlier action that the EPA published on January 15, 2009, titled “Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)…
When Worlds Collide - Conservation, Environment and the 2018 Farm Bill: Laurie Peterson (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Arkansas Bar Association Env/Ag Law Committee Presentation
November 14, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Ms. Laurie Peterson undertook a presentation at the November 13th joint Arkansas Bar Association Environmental/Agricultural Law Committee meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas, titled: When Worlds Collide – Conservation, Environment and the 2018 Farm Bill (“Presentation”) Ms. Peterson is an Attorney…