Arkansas Water Resources Conference/Agenda: July 18-20 Fayetteville, Arkansas
The annual Arkansas Water Resources Conference (“Conference”) has been scheduled for July 18th-20th in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The full Conference agenda has been issued. The Conference will be held in the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences. The session themes include: Water Research and…
Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Greenwood Grain Terminal Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Farmers Grain Terminal, Inc. (“Farmers”) entered into a June 14th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit (“Permit”). See Order No. 7259- 23. The AO addresses a grain terminal in…
Environmental Services Agreement: Federal Court Addresses Limitation of Liability Clause
Co-Author: Elizabeth Strickland The United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (“Court”) addressed in an April 27th Order issues arising out of an environmental services agreement. See Thiele Kaolin Company v. Environmental Resources Management—Southeast, Inc., 2023 WL 3137991…
Pyramid Pigtoe Mussel/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Judicial Complaint Alleging U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Failure to Finalize Endangered Listing (Range Includes Arkansas)
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for failing to finalize Endangered Species Act (“ESA”)…
Construction/Stormwater Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Winston County Commercial Development Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and a commercial development operator known as Bassett Furniture Industries (“Bassett”) entered into a June 21st Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Alabama Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination…