Arkansas State Plant Board: Quarterly Meeting Scheduled for December 15th
The Arkansas State Plant Board (“Board”) has scheduled its next quarterly meeting for December 15th The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture at 1 Natural Resources Drive, in Little Rock, Arkansas. In addition to opening comments/introductions and consideration…
Wastewater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and City of Hazlehurst Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and the City of Hazlehurst, Mississippi (“Hazlehurst”), entered into a September 21st Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See Order 7219…
Endangered Species Act/National Environmental Policy Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Bureau of Land Management Timber Sales
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a November 25th Memorandum a judicial challenge to the United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) North Landscape Project (“North Project”)in the State of Oregon. See Kalamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, et…
United States Wind Energy: U.S. Energy Information Administration Report Addresses Regional Patterns by Season
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a November 30th report titled: U.S. Wind Generation Falls into Regional Patterns by Season (“Report”) The Report addresses the difference in wind resource potential/generation across different geographic regions of the United…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism (Mississippi River State Park) Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the State Parks Division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism (“Parks Division”) entered into a November 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a…