Clean Water Act/Promises Half Kept at Half Century Mark: Environmental Integrity Project Report
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) issued on March 17th a report titled: The Clean Water Act at 50: Promises Half Kept at the Half Century Mark (“Report”) EIP describes itself as a: . . . nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established in March of 2002 by former EPA enforcement…
Improving Stormwater/Outdoor Air Quality/Soil Contamination: Eric Fuselier (Olsson) Arkansas Webinar Series Addressing Role of Native Plants
Mr. Eric Fuselier, PWS, will be undertaking a webinar series in April regarding the role of native plants in addressing various environmental issues. Mr. Fuselier is a Project Scientist/Environmental with Olsson’s office in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The webinars are hosted by Wild Ones: Native…
Endangered Species Act/Northern Long-Eared Bat: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes to Reclassify Listing to Endangered Status
March 29, 2022
by Jordan P. Wimpy
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the Service) published a rule proposing to reclassify the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), a bat species found in all or portions of 37 U.S. States (including Arkansas), the District of Columbia, and Canada, as an…
Navigating the NPDES Permitting Process for Water Reuse Projects/Strategies to Enable Recycling and Protect Water Quality: March 2022 Report
A number of water quality organizations in coordination with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) developed a March 2022 report titled: Navigating the NPDES Permitting Process for Water Reuse Projects/Strategies to Enable Recycling and Protect Water Quality (“Report”) …
Stormwater Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Lancaster, Massachusetts, Construction Site Owner Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and U-Haul Co. of Western Massachusetts, Inc., (“U-Haul”) entered into a March 14th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No.: CWA-01-2022-0007. The CAFO provides that…