Federal Regulatory Freeze: January 20th White House Memorandum
Federal Regulatory Freeze: January 20th White House Memorandum The White House issued a January 20th Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies imposing a regulatory freeze on the federal regulatory process. Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, authored…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – January
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policymaking body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission will meet Friday, January 27th at 9:00 a.m. at 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock. Click…
FIFRA/Pesticide Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and Memphis, Tennessee facility Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Memphis Pool Supply, Inc. (“MPS”) entered into a January 19th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide (“FIFRA”) violations. See Docket No.: FIFRA-04-2016-3138(b). MPS…
Clean Air Act: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Announces Proposed Infrastructure and National Air Ambient Quality Standard State Implementation Plans
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) announced it is proposing revisions to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) to address: . . .requirements under Clean Air Act §§ 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2) for the 2006 NAAQS for PM2.5, 2008 NAAQS for O3, 2008 NAAQS for Pb, 2010…
C&H Hog Farms, Inc.: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Completes Review of Drilling Study Report
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) announced in a January 19th news release that it had completed its review of the C&H Hog Farms (“C&H”) Drilling Study Report (“Report”). ADEQ had undertaken an evaluation of the integrity of the storage ponds of C&H. C&H is a concentrated…