Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission October Meeting – Agency Issues Corrected Agenda
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…
Challenge to Electric-Drive/Hybrid-Drive Vehicle Fee: Supreme Court of Oklahoma Opinion
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…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Malvern Pallet/Sticker Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
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…
Tax Credits/Solar Energy: Arizona Appellate Decision Describing Purchasers' Breach of Contract Action
An October 16th Arizona Court of Appeals decision describes a breach of contract action in a lower court involving the purchase of a residential solar energy system. See Lakosky v. The Solar Store, LLC, 2017 WL 4614724. The purchasers alleged they did not receive an expected federal and state tax…
Arkansas' 1-hr SO2 Saga!!: Stuart Spencer (Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality) Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies 2017 Fall Business Meeting Presentation
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Associate Director, Office of Air Quality, Stuart Spencer, undertook a presentation at the 2017 Fall Business Meeting of the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (“AAPCA”) titled: Arkansas’ 1-hr SO2 Saga!! (“Presentation”) Mr. Spencer…