McCrory, Arkansas Trailer-Banishment Ordinance: Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association Article
McCrory, Arkansas enacted a number of months ago a Trailer-Banishment Ordinance (“Ordinance”) which would have banned mobile homes failing to meet a dollar value test. A Class Action Complaint was subsequently filed in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging…
Environmental Review of Solar Farms in the Southeast U.S. : Southern Environmental Law Center Policy Brief
The Solar Environmental Law Center has issued a March 2017 Policy Brief titled: The Environmental Review of Solar Farms in the Southeast U.S. (“Policy Brief”) The Policy Brief is subtitled: Maximizing Benefits & Minimizing Impacts that Drive Smart, Sustainable Development of Solar Power The…
RCRA Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and University Of Vermont\State Agricultural College Enter Into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (“Vermont”) entered into a March 17th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“Consent Agreement”) addressing alleged Resource Conservation Recovery Act (“RCRA”) violations. See EPA Docket…
Priorities for State Wetland Programs in the New Administration: Association of State Wetland Managers Position Paper
The Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (“ASWM”) issued a document titled: Priorities for State Wetland Programs in the New Administration (“Priorities Paper”) ASWM describes itself as a “nonprofit membership organization established in 1983 to promote and enhance protection and…
91st Arkansas General Assembly: Act 584/Aboveground Storage Tank Legislation Revisions
Governor Hutchinson signed into law Act 584 which undertakes certain revisions to the regulation of petroleum aboveground storage tanks (“ASTs”). Sponsors were Representative Davis and Senator J. Cooper. Act 584 makes two principal revisions to AST legislative requirements. They include: …