Restoration and Management of Public & Private Lands/Northwest Arkansas: August 30th Beaver Watershed Alliance Presentation
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced the next topic in its 2018 Speaker Series which is titled: Restoration and Management of Public & Private Lands (“Presentation”) The Presentation will take place on August 30th at the West Fork Library Hall, 210 Garfield Avenue, in West Fork…
Reforestation Project/National Environmental Policy Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Environmental Assessment /EIS Issues
Co-Author: Christine Dillard The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“9th Circuit”) addressed issues associated with two United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) fire salvage and restoration projects. See Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Mary Farnsworth, Forest Supervisor, Idaho Panhandle…
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018: U.S. House of Representatives Legislation
H.R. 3906 was previously introduced in the United States House of Representatives (“House”) and is titled the: Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018 (“Bill”) The Bill recently passed the House. The Bill requires that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) provide…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Phillips County, Arkansas, Grain Elevator Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and ADM Grain River System, Inc., (“ADM”) entered into a July 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. The CAO provides that ADM owns and operates a grain elevator (“Elevator”) in Phillips…
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Guidance: July 19th U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Memorandum Addressing Automotive Airbag Inflators/Fully Assembled Airbag Modules
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a July 19th memorandum interpreting certain Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations titled: Regulatory Status of Automotive Airbag Inflators and Fully Assembled Airbag Modules (“Memorandum”) The Memorandum…