Harmful Algal Blooms/Hypoxia: U.S. Government Accountability Office Report
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a June 20, 2022, report titled: Water Quality – Agency Should Take More Actions to Manage Risks from Harmful Blooms and Hypoxia (“Report”) See GAO-22-104449. GAO states it was asked to review federal efforts to manage harmful algal…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Dyess Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Town of Dyess, Arkansas (“Dyess”), entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System…
NPDES Permitting - Start to Finish: Shon Simpson (GBMc & Associates) Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Seminar Presentation
Shon Simpson undertook a presentation at the June 16th Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Seminar titled: NPDES Permitting – Start to Finish (“Presentation”) Shon is a Principal/Senior Project Manager at GBMc & Associates. A Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finalizes Rule to Rescind Definition for the Term "Habitat"
June 29, 2022
by Jordan P. Wimpy
On Friday, June 24, 2022, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the Service) finalized a rule rescinding the regulatory definition of “habitat,” as the term was used in the Endangered Species Act (the Act) and the various implementing regulations. See 87 Fed. Reg. 37,757 (June 24, 2022). The rule…
SPCC/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Skiatook, Oklahoma, Municipal Airport Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the City of Skiatook, Oklahoma (“Skiatook”), entered into a June 8th Expedited Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (“SPCC”) Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”). See Docket No. CWA-06-2022-4314. Skiatook operates a Municipal…