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United States Biodiesel Production: U.S. Energy Information Administration Addresses Role of Soybean Oil
Category: Agriculture , Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a May 7th report titled: Soybean Oil Comprises a Larger Share of Domestic Biodiesel Production (“Report”) As the Report notes, biodiesel is a mixture of chemical compounds denominated alkyl esters which are produced from a…
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Specification Packaging Marking/Hazardous Materials Regulations: Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Addresses Transportation of Non-Hazardous Materials
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a March 13th letter a request for clarification of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicability to specification packaging. See Reference No. 18-0063. PHMSA was responding to an April 17…
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Environmental Issues Impacting Arkansas/Missouri Municipal Utilities: SEMO-NEARK Annual Meeting Presentation
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
I undertook a presentation at the May 9th SEMO-NEARK annual meeting in Norfork, Arkansas, titled: Environmental Issues Impacting Arkansas/Missouri Municipal Utilities (“Presentation”) The Presentation focused on a variety of federal and/or state (Arkansas and Missouri) issues affecting municipal…
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Section 311/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Wyoming Wellhead Operator Enter into Consent Agreement
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Marathon Oil Company (“Marathon”) entered into a May 8th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing an alleged violation of Section 311 of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No. CWA-08-2019-0002. The CA provides that Marathon is an owner and…
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Electronics Recycling: United States Attorney (Western District of Washington) Announces Sentencing of Individuals for Alleged Wire Fraud Conspiracy
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Western District of Washington United States Attorney’s Office (“U.S. Attorney) issued an April 23rd news release announcing two individuals had been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 28 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The U.S. Attorney states that Craig Lorch…
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