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Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Maynardville Operator Enter into Settlement Agreement
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Hickory Star Restaurant & Marina, LLC (“Hickory Star”) entered into an April 18th Settlement Agreement and Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee underground storage tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case…
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National Environmental Policy Act: Council on Environmental Quality Issues "Phase 1" Rule
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) issued an April 19th final rule that amends certain provisions of its regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). CEQ describes the amendments as a “Phase 1” rule to restore provisions that were modified in…
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Residential/Mixed-Use Solar Energy Systems: Virginia Enacts Property Tax Exemption
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Virginia Legislature passed and the Governor signed S686 which provides a property tax exemption for residential and mixed-use solar energy systems up to 25 kilowatts in size. S686 creates a separate class of property for local taxation for any Virginia solar facility with a nameplate rated…
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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Berryville Hot Mix Asphalt Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. (“Emery”) entered into a March 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See LIS No. 22-041. The CAO provides that Emery owns and…
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Meadow Jumping Mouse/Endangered Species Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Critical Habitat Designation
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit (“10th Circuit”) addressed in an April 15th Opinion a challenge to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“Service”) designation of Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) critical habitat for the endangered New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse…
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