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Criminal Enforcement/Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: United States Department of Justice Announces Guilty Plea of Metal Plating Government Contractor
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced in an October 18th news release that Phillip Michael Huddleston pleaded guilty to violating the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (“RCRA”). DOJ states alleges that the individual illegally stored hazardous waste without a permit at Protech…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and City of Maben, Mississippi Enter into Agreed Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and the City of Maben, Mississippi (“City”) entered into a September 19th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See Order No. 6793 17. The…
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Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission October Meeting – Agency Issues Corrected Agenda
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has issued a corrected agenda for the October meeting of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission. The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission ("Commission") is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The…
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Challenge to Electric-Drive/Hybrid-Drive Vehicle Fee: Supreme Court of Oklahoma Opinion
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma (“Court”) issued an October 24th opinion addressing a challenge filed by the Sierra Club to Oklahoma legislation which created the Motor Fuels Tax Fee (“H.B. 1449 [ Legislation]”) for electric-drive and hybrid-drive vehicles. The legislation assessed a fee…
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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Malvern Pallet/Sticker Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Malvern Wood Products, Inc. (“MWPI”) entered into an October 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 17-079. The CAO provides that MWPI owns and operates a pallet and sticker…
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