Law and Environment: June 26th Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Continuing Legal Education Conference - REMINDER
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) has scheduled a June 26th Continuing Legal Education Conference titled: Law and Environment (“Conference”) The Conference will be held at ADEQ headquarters at 5301 Northshore Drive in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Topics are stated to…
PFAS and Harmful Algal Blooms: Environmental Council of the States Case Studies on State-Level Risk Communication
The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) has made available a number of state case studies addressing what it describes as two priority contaminants for which the states struggle to communicate the risks. The two contaminants include: Per – and polyfluoralkyl substances (“PFAS”) Harmful…
Riparian Rights: Missouri Appellate Court Assesses Whether a Man-Made Lake Has Become Natural
The Missouri Court of Appeals addressed in a June 19th opinion whether an abutting landowner had riparian rights to a man-made waterbody. See Incline Village Board of Trustees v. Edler, 2018 WL 3028993. The key issue was whether the man-made lake had become a natural body of water. Matthew F. Edler…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks – June Meeting
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks meets monthly…
112(r) Clean Air Act/Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Operator of Winchester, Kentucky Cold Food Storage Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Save-A-Lot, Ltd. (“SAL”) entered into a May 8th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act and the regulations promulgated to implement this statutory provision. See Docket No…