Arkansas 91st General Assembly Second Extraordinary Session 2018: House Bill 1007 – Update
As noted in a post yesterday (see previous post here), House Bill (“H.B.) 1007 would add a subsection to a section of Subchapter 2 (Water Pollution) of the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act to address certain Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality permitting procedures associated…
OSHA Enforcement: Allentown, Pennsylvania Machine Manufacturing Company Cited for Alleged Chemical Hazard Violations
The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a March 9th news release stating it had cited Lamm’s Machine Inc. (“LMI”) for violations related to exposure of employees to chemical hazards. LMI is described as an Allentown, Pennsylvania machine manufacturing…
Waters of the United States: Environmental Groups Judicial Challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Suspension Rule
The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of a number of environmental organizations, filed a challenge in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) final rule titled: Definition of Waters of the U.S. –…
Arkansas 91st General Assembly – Second Extraordinary Session 2018: House Bill 1007 – Modification /Review of Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Permits
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson issued an official call to legislators for an Extraordinary Session of the 91st General Assembly which convenes today at 9:00 a.m. Call item number 6 is described as: To amend Arkansas code to provide that only those permit conditions subject to the modification…
Oil and Natural Gas Sector/Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Promulgating Revisions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 12 Federal Register notice promulgated a final rule which encompassed revisions to the Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) for the oil and natural gas sector. See 83 Fed. Reg. 10628. The revisions address a…