Regional Haze: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Approval of Arkansas State Implementation Plan
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a January 29th news release announcing approval of the State of Arkansas’s Clean Air Act Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (“SIP”). The approval was announced in a January 29th federal agency news release. The Clean Air Act Regional…
Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Town of North Hempstead, New York Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Town of North Hempstead, New York (“Town”) entered into a January 9th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the federal Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Docket No…
C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (Newton County, Arkansas) Request for Adjudicatory Hearing of Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Denial of Permit
C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C&H”) filed a January 18th Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (“Request”) challenging the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) denial of an application for a Regulation 5 permit. Regulation 5 addresses “liquid animal waste management…
"Once In, Always In" Policy/Clean Air Act: January 25th U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Memorandum Announcing Withdrawal
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Assistant Administrator for Air, William L. Wehrum, issued a January 25th Memorandum rescinding the agency’s Clean Air Act “Once In, Always In” policy. The Memorandum is titled: Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under…
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality – Implementing Environmental Policies and Regulations: Stuart Spencer (Associate Director/Office of Air Quality) UALR Law School Presentation
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Associate Director (Office of Air Quality) Stuart Spencer undertook a January 24th presentation to my University of Arkansas Law School Environmental Law class titled: ADEQ: Implementing Environmental Policies and Regulations (“Presentation”) …