Arkansas Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Division: 2022 Arkansas Groundwater Protection and Management Report
The Natural Resources Division (“NRD”) of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture released a document titled: 2022 Arkansas Groundwater Protection and Management Report (“Report”) NRC states that the Report provides a summary of developments such as: Groundwater monitoring efforts Current water…
Mitigation Policy/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Final Revisions
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a prepublication notice of a policy titled: Mitigation Policy and Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy (“Revised Policy”) The Service describes the revised policy as establishing: . . . fundamental mitigation…
Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program/U.S. Department of Energy: Foreman, Arkansas, Ash Grove Cement Manufacturing Facility Selected for Award Negotiations
The United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration (“OCED”) issued a May 5th news release stating that it had elected eight projects to begin award negotiations for development of an integrated carbon capture, transport and storage project. One of the eight projects…
Reliable Public Power Provider: American Public Power Association Awards Conway Corporation a Diamond Level Designation
The American Public Power Association (“APPA”) awarded the Conway Corporation (“CC”) a Diamond Level designation in its Reliable Public Power Provider (“RP3”) program. The Conway Corporation is owned by the City of Conway, Arkansas, and is a utility system that supplies electric, water, wastewater…
Microplastics: Sixteen Attorneys General Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/NOAA Seeking Possible Regulatory Action
Sixteen State Attorneys General sent a May 8th letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) addressing the topic of plastic microfibers (“Microplastics”). The Attorneys General executing the letter were from the…