2020 State-Wide Annual Meeting and BioBlast/Arkansas Master Naturalists: May 1-3/Little Rock, Arkansas
February 13, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Master Naturalists are holding their annual membership meeting May 1-3 titled: 2020 State-Wide Annual Meeting and BioBlast (“Meeting”) The Meeting will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkansas Master Naturalists are described as 693 “volunteer educators, citizen scientists, and…
Compressor Station/Clean Air Act: Virginia Appellate Court Addresses Whether "Redefining the Source Doctrine" Is Applicable to a Minor Source
February 12, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Co-Author: Hannah Hines The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Court”) addressed in a January 7th opinion issues associated with the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board’s (“Board”) issuance of an air permit for construction of a compressor station to Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC. See Friends of…
Hexavalent Chromium/OSHA Enforcement: Penalty Assessment Proposed for Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Hydraulic Service Shop
February 12, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a February 4th news release stating it was proposing to assess civil penalties to Cleveland Brothers Inc. (“CBI”) for alleged violations at the company’s Camp Hill, Pennsylvania shop. The CBI shop is stated to provide hydraulic…
Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Walnut Ridge Enter into Consent Administrative Order
February 12, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (“Walnut Ridge”) entered into a January 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge…
Sewer System Repairs/Exaction: Arkansas Supreme Court Addresses City of Blytheville Fee
February 11, 2020
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Supreme Court in a February 6th opinion addressed whether a $5.00 fee assessed by the City of Blytheville, Arkansas (“Blytheville”) constituted an illegal exaction in violation of the Arkansas Constitution. See Lanina Watson, et al. v. City of Blytheville, Arkansas and its Sewer…