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Clean Water Act Effluent Limitation Guidelines/Power Plants: Environmental Organizations U.S. District Court (D.C.) Challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Compliance Date Postponement
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Earthjustice and a number of other environmental groups (collectively “Earthjustice”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) challenging the postponement of certain compliance deadlines in…
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FY 2017 Omnibus Appropriation Bill: ECOS/NACWA Analyses – Environmental Funding
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Congress and Trump Administration approved an Omnibus Appropriation Bill (“Bill”) that keeps the United States Government funded through the end of September. Both the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) and Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) have…
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Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Announces May 16th Meeting
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) issued a news release stating the Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee (“Committee”) will meet at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) on May 16th . The Committee was established by Governor Hutchinson in 2016 in…
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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: 34 California District Attorneys/Two City Attorneys and Big Lots Stores, Inc. Enter into Settlement Agreement Assessing a $3.5 Million Penalty
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Thirty-four California District Attorney’s Offices along with two California City Attorney’s Offices announced on April 27th a settlement with Big Lots Stores, Inc. (“Big Lots”) addressing alleged environmental violations. An April 17th news released by the Riverside County, California District…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Sharp County Private Wastewater Treatment Facility Owner Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Cherokee Village Sewer, Inc. (“CVSI”) entered into an April 10th Consent Administrative Order addressing alleged violations of its Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 17-026. The…
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