Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Pulaski County, Arkansas Structural Steel Fabrication Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
February 15, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Lexicon, Inc. (“LI”) entered into a January 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See LIS No. 18-013. The CAO provides that LI owns and operates a structural steel fabrication shop…
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program: Petroleum Marketers Association of America Notes Administration's 2019 Funding Proposal
February 14, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
A Petroleum Marketers Association of America (“PMAA”) February 13th publication noted the White House’s proposal for funding the federal leaking underground storage tank program. The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association is a PMAA state chapter. The referenced funding was part of the President’s 2019…
Stormwater/Poultry Processing Plants: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association Announces Completion of Research Project
February 14, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (“Poultry & Egg Association”) announced what it described as a funded research project at the University of Georgia in which: . . . researchers questioned the role of poultry processing plants in stormwater bacterial contamination. The Poultry & Egg Association…
C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (Newton County, Arkansas): Ozark Society, Inc. Intervention in Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Proceedings
February 13, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Ozark Society, Inc. and three individuals filed a January 26th Motion to Intervene and Request for Hearing (“Motion”) in C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C&H”) Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (“Request”). C&H is challenging the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”)…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Order/Assessment of Penalty to Morristown, Tennessee Cotton Batting Material Production Process Operator
February 13, 2018
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 6th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Jones Fiber Products, Inc. (“JFPI”) See Case No. APC17-0166. The Order describes the JFPI facility as operating a cotton batting materials product…