Nonmunicipal Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facility/Pulaski County Improvement District: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Motion for Summary Judgment Addressing Permit Challenge Before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission
Three Requests for Hearing and Adjudicatory Review (“Requests”) were filed before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) challenging a nonmunicipal domestic wastewater treatment facility discharge permit issued to the Pulaski County Property Owner’s Multipurpose Improvement…
Examining Solutions to Address Beverage Container Waste: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works Hearing
The Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight of the United States Senate Environment & Public Works Committee held a September 28th hearing titled: Examining Solutions to Address Beverage Container Waste (“Hearing”) A focus of Subcommittee…
§1926(b)/Rural Water Associations: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether Municipality Could Provide Service
The United States District Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (App. Ct.) addressed in a September 18th Opinion an issue arising out of the application of 7 U.S.C. §1926(b). See Deer Creek Water Corporation v. City of Oklahoma; Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, No. 21-6164. The issue…
Solar/Wind/Natural Gas-Fired Generators: U.S. Energy Information Administration Notes Drop in Costs for 2021
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) published an October 3rd report titled: U.S. Construction Costs Dropped for Solar, Wind, and Natural Gas-Fired Generators in 2021 (“Report”) The Report states that average construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems, wind turbines…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Lexa Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Lexa, Arkansas, (“Lexa”) entered into a September 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…