Arkansas Natural Resources Commission: November 20th Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission has scheduled its next meeting for November 20th at 9:00 A.M. The meeting will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas. The agenda includes the following: Administrative Business. Director’s…
Waters of the United States/Clean Water Act: Federal Court Addresses Jurisdictional Issue
Co-Author Ethan Brown The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (“Court”) addressed in an August 15th Opinion a Clean Water Act jurisdictional question. See United States v. Chameleon, LLC, No. 3:23-CV-763–HEH, 2024 WL 3835077 (E.D. Va. Aug. 15, 2024). The question…
Railroad Valley Toad/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Failure to List
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an October 15th 60-day notice of intent to sue to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). CBD alleges that the Service has violated the ESA by failing to issue a required…
Arkansas Water Webinar/Arkansas Game and Fish Commission: Conservation-Based Recreation and Habitat/Infrastructure Development Projects
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (“AGFC”) will hold a Water Webinar on Tuesday, November 5th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM. The Webinar is described as covering: …how the commission improved conservation-based recreation and habitat with infrastructure development projects. The Webinar is one of the…
Title V/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Petition to Object Filed Addressing Lumber City, Georgia Wood Pellet Manufacturing Plant
The Georgia Interfaith Power & Light and the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club (collectively, “Sierra Club”) filed a Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator related to a Telfair Forest Products, LLC (“Telfair”)…