Solar in the Southeast: Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Announces Sixth Annual Report
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (“SACE”) has issued its Sixth Annual Report titled: Solar in the Southeast (June 2023)(“Report”) The Report addresses the following states: Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee The SACE describes itself as having a…
Arkansas State Implementation Plan/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Approval of Revisions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the August 22nd Federal Register Notice a proposed rule that would approve portions of the revisions to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”). See 88 Fed. Reg. 57014. EPA states that the approval would address portions…
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee/Endangered Species Act: Federal Court Addresses U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Denial of Critical Habitat Designation
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) in an August 11th Memorandum Opinion (“Opinion”) addressed an issue arising under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al., v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al., Civil Action…
Washington County Landfill, Expansion: Individual Petitioners/Mayor Russell/Tontitown Joint brief in Support of Second Motion for Summary Judgment
As previously noted in April 19th and 18th blogs, the Mayor of Tontitown and certain individuals filed separate Requests for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (collectively “Petitioners”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology (“Commission”) challenging the Arkansas Department of…
Arkansas Water Plan: Governor Sanders' Executive Order Requesting Comprehensive Analysis/Update
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an Executive Order (“EO”) requesting that the Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Division (“NRD”) undertake: A comprehensive analysis/report of the State’s water needs Update the Arkansas Water Plan (“AWP”) See EO 23-27. The NRD is…