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Lead-Sheathed Telecom/Power Cables: Environmental Defense Fund Request to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) and two other environmental organizations (collectively “EDF”) sent a July 17th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator addressing what it described as lead-sheathed telecom and power cables. The other two…
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Arkansas State Implementation Plan Revisions/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Rule Addressing Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Provisions
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a July 21st Federal Register Notice proposing to approve two revisions to the Clean Air Act Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”). See 88 Fed. Reg. 47095. The revisions were submitted by Arkansas in response to a finding of…
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Ethylene Oxide/OSHA Enforcement: Proposed Penalties for Verona, Missouri, Chemical Plant
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a July 11th news release stating that it was undertaking enforcement against BCP Ingredients Inc. (“BCPI”). BCPI is stated to operate a chemical plant in Verona, Missouri. OSHA states that pursuant to a January 2023 inspection it…
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Regenerative Agriculture Financing Program: Environmental Defense Fund/Farmers Business Network Announce Results of 2022 Pilot
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Environmental Defense Fund and Farmers Business Network (collectively, “EDF”) issued on July 19th a report titled: Regenerative Agriculture Financing Program Results of the 2022 Pilot (“Report”) The Regenerative Agriculture Financing Program (“RAF”) was established in January 2022 by EDF to…
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Removal of Title V Emergency Affirmative Defense Provisions/State Operating Permit Programs: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule in the July 21st Federal Register that removes the emergency affirmative defense provisions found in the regulations for state and federal Title V Operating Permit programs under the Clean Air Act. See 88 Fed. Reg. 47029…
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