Prairie County, Arkansas, Facility: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment and CBC Des Arc LLC Enter into Elective Site Clean-Up Agreement
November 10, 2021
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and CBC Des Arc LLC (“CBC”) entered into an October 12th Elective Site Clean-Up Agreement (“ESCA”). See LIS No. 21-108. The ESCA addresses a facility located in Des Arc, Arkansas (“Site”). DEQ describes an…
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