Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – Friday, June 25th Meeting Canceled
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission has canceled the Friday, June 25th, meeting for lack of agenda items. The next Commission…
Electric Vehicle Charging/Fuel Marketer Trade Associations: June 8th Letter to U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Three fuel marketer trade associations sent a June 8th letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (“Committee”) addressing their views on competitive markets for electric vehicle (“EV”) charging. The three fuel marketers trade…
Mitchells Williams Environmental Insights Webinar: 2021 Arkansas Legislative Session Discussion/June 30th
Mitchell Williams Law Firm will be holding its next Environmental Insights webinar on June 30th . The Webinar is titled: 2021 Arkansas Legislative Session: What’s In? What’s Out? What’s All the Fuss About? (“Webinar”) The focus of the Webinar are various issues associated with the recently…
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board and Sherwood Mining Facility Enter into Settlement Agreement
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) and Sherwood Mining Company, LLC (“SMC”) entered into a May 11th Settlement Agreement and Amended Order (“Agreement”) addressing an alleged violation of the Tennessee air regulations. The Agreement provides that SMC operates a mining facility in…
Particulate Matter/Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Standard: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Reconsideration of Current Standard
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a June 10th news release that it will reconsider the Trump Administration’s decision to retain the particulate matter (“PM”) Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”). EPA stated it was reconsidering the…