Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Dallas County, Arkansas Lumber Mill Owner/Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Idaho timber of Carthage, LLC (“Idaho Timber”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged air violations. See LIS No. 17-016. Idaho Timber is stated to own and operate a lumber mill in Carthage, Arkansas. The…
Endangered Species Act/Citizen Suit Litigation: U.S. Government Accountability Office Addresses Deadline Suits
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a February 2017 report titled: Environmental Litigation – Information on Endangered Species Deadline Suits (“Report”) See GAO-17-304. The Ranking Member of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources…
U.S. EPA Regional Office Decision Making Authority: Trump Transition Team Memorandum
The blog Law and the Environment in a March 20th post (http://www.lawandenvironment.com/2017/03/20/has-epa-region-i-lost-its-treasured-independence/) discusses a memorandum sent by Trump transition team member David Schnare to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Assistant…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks – March Agenda
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks meets monthly…
91st Arkansas General Assembly: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Short-Term Activity Authorization Revisions
House Bill (“HB”) 1716 was introduced February 27th by Representative Richmond. The bill amends the Arkansas statutory provisions addressing the authority of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) to authorize “short-term activities that have potential to affect compliance with…