Arkansas State Plant Board Quarterly Meeting - December 5th, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas State Plant Board (“Board”) has scheduled its next quarterly meeting for Tuesday, December 5th at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas. Agenda items include: Opening comments and Board member…
Reconditioning/Used Drum Management: ASTSWMO Comments Addressing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on November 22 addressing the following Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”): Used Drum Management and Reconditioning 88…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: December 6th Meeting
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third-party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
Pretreatment/Clean Water Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Decatur Soybean Processing/Oil Refinery Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Bunge North America (“BNA”) entered into a November 8th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act State Indirect Discharge (“SID”) permit. The CO provides that BNA operates a soybean processing, soybean…
Aboveground Storage Tanks: An Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund Reminder
November 30, 2023
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”) is a state statutory mechanism that has been used by both underground and aboveground storage tank owners and operators for over 30 years to address petroleum leaks and spills (i.e., releases). Arkansas is one of the few states that…