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Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: William Montgomery Named Associate Director of the Division of Environmental Quality Office of Air Quality
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
William (“Will”) Montgomery has been named Associate Director of the Office of Air Quality of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”). He had been serving since late 2019 as Interim Associate Director of the Office of Air Quality. Will had…
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Hazardous Waste Disposal: Federal District Court Addresses United States Challenge to Scope of Permit Issued by New Mexico
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Co-Author: Austin Reed The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (“Court”) in a March 31st Order addressed a dispute regarding a state-issued hazardous waste disposal permit. See United States v. N.M. Env’t Dep’t, No. CV 19-46 KG/SMV, 2020 WL 1536151 (D.N.M. Mar. 31, 2020)…
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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Ashland City, Tennessee Water Heater Manufacturing Facility
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TACB”) issued a March 4th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) addressing an alleged air permit violation by State Industries, LLC (“State”). See Division of Air Pollution Case No. APC19-0178. The Order provides that State…
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Registration Decisions for Use of Dicamba on Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton/Soybean: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General Notification Evaluation
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an April 3rd Notification of Evaluation (“NOE”) titled: EPA’s Registration Decisions for Uses of Dicamba on Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton and Soybean See Project No. OA&E-FY20-0122. Dicamba is a…
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Microplastics/Drinking Water: California State Water Resources Control Board Proposes to Adopt Definition
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The California State Water Resources Control Board (“Board”) is proposing to adopt a definition for microplastics. The definition would be applicable to the Board’s drinking water program. The Board is one of six environmental entities operated under the authority of the California Environmental…
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