Arkansas Natural Resources Commission Solicitation: Projects, Programs, Initiatives and Activities Related to Water Quality Improvement/Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction, Control or Abatement
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) states that it is, in cooperation with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Public Policy Center, soliciting information: . . . of Water Quality Activities (WQAs) that have maintained or enhanced water quality, or reduced, controlled…
Stormwater/Construction Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Faulkner County Developer Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Tri.Con.Builders, Inc. (“TCBI”) entered into a September 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Stormwater Construction General Permit. See…
Solar/Wind Energy Capacity Increases: Natural Resources Defense Council Fifth Annual Energy Report
The Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) issued its Fifth Annual Energy Report (“Report”) which is subtitled: America’s Clean Energy Revolution A focus of the report is the increase in capacity of both solar and wind energy over the past 10 years. NRDC concludes that solar and wind energy…
2017-18 Arkansas Law Review Symposium: Environmental Sustainability and Private Governance – October 27th
The University of Arkansas School of Law Arkansas Law Review has scheduled a symposium for October 27th titled: Environmental Sustainability and Private Governance (“Symposium”) The Symposium speakers include prominent scholars, teachers, and industry professionals knowledgeable on several…
Criminal Enforcement: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Violation was a General-Intent Crime
The 9th Circuit United States Court of Appeals (“Court”) in a September 13th opinion considered whether “knowingly storing and disposing of hazardous waste without a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) permit” is a general-intent or specific-intent crime. The Court also addressed…