Arkansas State Marketing Board for Recyclables and Compliance Advisory Panel: August 24th Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas State Marketing Board for Recyclables and Compliance Advisory Panel (“Board”) is scheduled to meet on August 24th. The meeting will be an in-person meeting at 11:00 a.m. at the Waste Management Two Pines Landfill, 100 Two Pine Drive, Little Rock, AR. The Board meets quarterly and…
Coal Pile Drainage/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Court Approves Consent Decree Between Environmental Organizations and Alabama Mine Operator
The Southern Environmental Law Center and two other environmental organizations issued an August 11th news release stating that a United States District Court Judge in Birmingham, Alabama, granted a request to approve a Consent Decree which requires Drummond Company (“DC”) to undertake certain…
United States Electricity Generation: U.S. Energy Information Administration Projects Renewable Sources to Account for 22% in 2022
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued an August 16th report titled: EIA Expects Renewables to Account for 22% of U.S. Electricity Generation in 2022 (“Report”) The renewable sources identified include: Hydropower Wind Solar Such renewable sources are stated to have…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Rector Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Rector, Arkansas (“Rector”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
Toxics Release Inventory/2021: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Releases Annual National Analysis
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its 2021 Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) National Analysis (“Analysis”). The TRI is a publicly available database that is prepared and published by EPA annually. The Federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”)…