Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Office of Air Quality Newsletter Inaugural Issue: Summer 2017
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Office of Air Quality (“Office”) has published the inaugural edition of its quarterly newsletter (“Newsletter”). The Office’s Permits Branch had previously published a periodic letter which has been discontinued. The substantive topics…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Corps of Engineers: Stakeholder Teleconferences Scheduled to Address Definition of "Waters of the United States"
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and Corps of Engineers (collectively, “EPA”) announced in the August 28th Federal Register that it will hold 10 teleconferences to: . . . hear from stakeholders their recommendations to revise the definition of “waters of the United States” under…
Arkansas Water Provider Task Force: Initial Meeting Scheduled for August 30th
The first meeting of the Water Provider Legislative Task Force of the Arkansas General Assembly (“Task Force”) has been scheduled for Wednesday, August 30th at 1:30 p.m. in room B, 5th Floor of the MAC Building. The Task Force was created by Act 1056 during the 89th Arkansas General Assembly. Act…
SPCC Enforcement/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Osage County, Oklahoma Facility Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and White Palace Energy (“WPE”) entered into an August 10th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (“SPCC”) regulations. WPE is stated to own…
Arkansas Oil Marketers Association August 30th Environmental Workshop: Keynote Speaker – Carolyn Hoskinson, Director U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Underground Storage Tanks
As noted in a previous post, the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) has scheduled its Annual Environmental Workshop (“Workshop”) for August 30th at the Holiday Inn Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. Of special note, is the fact that the Director of the United States Environmental Protection…