Status of the Watershed: Ozarks Water Watch 2016 Report Addressing Upper White River Basin Water Quality
Ozarks Water Watch announced in the August 7th edition of its publication the availability of its annual report entitled: Status of the Watershed – Summarizing 2016 Water Quality in the Upper White River Basin (“Report”) Ozarks Water Watch states that the Report is designed to answer the…
Coal Combustion Residuals: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Interim Guidance on State Permit Programs
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released on August 10th an Interim Final Guidance (“Guidance”) that the agency describes as helping “states develop and submit permit programs for safe management of Coal Combustion Residuals (“CCR”) to EPA for review and approval.” CCR…
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Office of Operations and Outreach Schedules Compliance Assistance Training Workshops: Jonesboro (August 3rd )/Arkadelphia (November 7th)
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Regional Service Branch of the agency’s Operations and Outreach has scheduled two compliance assistance training workshops (“Workshops”). The dates, times, and locations of the Workshops are: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m…
Indicators for Local Energy Resilience: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy White Paper
The American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) announced the issuance of a White Paper titled: Indicators for Local Energy Resilience (“Paper”) ACEEE describes the Paper as addressing the interconnection of community resilience in various aspects of energy supply and consumption…
Lakefront Property: Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Addresses Whether Riparian Rights Trump U.S. Forest Service Wilderness Area Restrictions
The United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed in a June 15th opinion a challenge to regulations promulgated by the United States Forest Service (“Service”) prohibiting certain activities on a wilderness area lake. See Herr v. United States Forest Service, 2017 WL 3160845. The action in…