Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Assessment of Civil Penalty to Johnson City, Tennessee Laundry Service
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TAPCB”) issued a June 25th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Crothall Laundry Services, Inc. (“CLSI”). The TAPCB is stated to have issued an operating permit (047823F) (“Permit”) to Blue Ridge Medical Management…
2018 EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference: August 19-23
The 20th Annual EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference (“Conference”) will be held on August 19th-23rd in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The states encompassed by EPA Region 6 include Arkansas. The theme of the 2018 Conference is: Our Water, Our Future Communication, Collaboration, and Adaptive Management…
Section 401/Clean Water Act: Association of Clean Water Administrators' June 15th Letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) sent a June 15th letter to Mr. James C. Dalton, P.E., Director of Civil Works of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) addressing the state’s use of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The ACWA letter is authored by Jennifer…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Lafayette County, Arkansas Wastewater Treatment Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and 24MW, LLC (“24”) entered into a June 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 18-0424. The CAO provides that…
Modified Minor Sources/Arkansas State Implementation Plan: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Announces Approval
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Region 6 Office announced in a June 29th news release that it approved certain revisions to a State of Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”). The approved revisions are for what is described as minor New Source Review. The revisions are…