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Proposed Dicamba Regulations: Arkansas State Plant Board Announces Public Comment Period/Public Hearing
Category: Agriculture , Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Yesterday the Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Arkansas State Plant Board gave public notice of a 30-day public comment period and a February 20, 2019, public hearing for proposed regulations authorizing the over-the-top use of dicamba in Arkansas on dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. Dicamba…
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Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imports of Solid Waste as Raw Materials: China Issues December 21st Adjustment/Notice
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Chinese government issued a document on December 21st titled: Notice on Adjusting the Catalogue of Imported Waste Management (“Notice”) The Notice addresses standards previously issued that are denominated the: Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imports of Solid Waste as Raw…
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Aluminum/Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publishes Update
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on December 21st published a final updated Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria (“WQC”) recommendations for aluminum in freshwater under Section 304(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act. EPA states that it is updating its recommended aluminum…
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Pesticide Definition: California Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Fine for Failure to Register
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Court of Appeals (“Court of Appeals”) of the State of California (Fifth Appellate District) addressed an appeal of an administrative decision of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (“DPR”) involving the scope of the term “pesticide.” See CALTEC AG v. Department of Pesticide…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Magnolia, Arkansas, Mobile Home Park Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Betty Hawkins Lemley d/b/a J&B Mobile Home Park (“J&B”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
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