Arkansas Department of Agriculture: August 4 Arkansas State Plant Board Bureau of Standards Committee Scheduled
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced that the next Arkansas State Plant Board Bureau of Standards Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 4 at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held via zoom. Agenda items for the meeting include: Call to Order – Robin Ralston, Chair Regular…
National Historic Preservation Act: Advisory Council and Historic Preservation Proposes Revised 106 Rules
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (“ACHP”) voted on July 24 in favor of a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NPRM”) regarding revisions to the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (“NHPA”). An NHPA news release states in part: …ACHP Vice-Chairman…
Union County, Arkansas Property: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and A. E. H., LLC Enter Into Elective Site Clean Up Agreement
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and A.E.H., LLC (“AEH”) entered into an April 28 elective site clean up agreement (ESCA”). See Lis No. 26-007. The ESCA addresses the property in Union County, Arkansas (“Site”). The ESCA describes the…
EPA Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of PFAS and Materials Containing PFAS/2026 Version: National Association of Clean Water Agencies Comments
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) submitted June 29th comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of PFAS and Materials Containing PFAS – 2026 Version (“Interim Guidance”). See EPA-HQ-OLEM-2020-0527…
Spent Refractory Bricks/Applicability to Reclamation vs. Direct Use Without Incidental Processing: US EPA RCRA Interpretive Letter
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery issued a January 25, interpretive letter addressing the issue involving spent refractory bricks containing chromium. The letter clarified EPA’s Jully 17, 2015 letter on spent refractory bricks…