2023 Triennial Review/Arkansas Water Quality Standards: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Schedules Next Stakeholder Meeting
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced the date, location, and time of its next 2023 Triennial Review of Arkansas’s Water Quality Standards (“WQS”) next meeting. The next meeting will be held Thursday, May 19th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00…
Processes & Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards: Environmental Council of the States Updated Paper
The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) announced the updating of a paper titled: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards (“Paper”) The Paper is authored by Sarah Grace Longsworth, Project Manager, ECOS, with support by and in conjunction with the ECOS PFAS Caucus…
Water Resource Conservation and Development Incentives Act: Arkansas Natural Resources Commission Schedules Special Meeting to Address Title 14 Rule Comments
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission announced that it will hold a special called meeting to address comments on amendments to the rules implementing the Water Resource Conservation and Development Act (Title 14). The amendments are presumably to implement changes provided for in Acts 563 and…
2021 Emission Inventory Reports/Type A Emission Inventory Permitted Facilities: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Notice
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) submitted a March 29th notice pursuant to its E&E Mailing List to Type A Emission Inventory Permitted facility representatives regarding the 2021 Emission Inventory Report submission process. DEQ indicates…
Nationwide Permit 12/Oil or Natural Gas Pipeline Activities: U.S. Corps of Engineers Federal Register Notice Announcing Formal Review
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) published in the March 28th Federal Register Oil or Natural Gas Pipeline Activities regarding Clean Water Act Nationwide Permit (“NWP”) 12 which include: Formal review of NWP 12 Public and tribal virtual meetings to obtain input regarding future…