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Liquid Animal Waste Systems/92nd Arkansas General Assembly: Proposed Transfer of Permitting Authority from Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
Category: Agriculture , Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Co-Author: Jordan Wimpy Senate Bill 550 was recently introduced which would address liquid animal waste systems and liquid livestock litter utilization. A key provision of the legislation would be the proposed transfer of liquid animal waste system permitting from the Arkansas Department of…
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Road Salt Transloading Facility/Hazardous Substances: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act Preemption Issue
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a March 7th opinion a judicial challenge to a Shelburne, Vermont ordinance regulating hazardous substances and certain bylaws related to a salt transloading facility (“Facility”). See Vermont Railway, Inc. v. Town of…
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Clean Air Act/Applicability Determination Index: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency March 18th Notice of Additions
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) maintains a compendium of written responses to certain Clean Air Act inquiries from owners or operators of stationary sources. The compendium is known as the Applicability Determination Index (“ADI”). EPA in a March 18th Federal Register…
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Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit/92nd Arkansas General Assembly: Act 470 Enacted Reducing Threshold Necessary for Homeowner Qualification
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Governor Hutchinson signed House Bill 1493 which amends the Arkansas Historic Rehabilitation income tax credit. The bill reduces the investment threshold necessary for homeowners to qualify for the Arkansas Historic Rehabilitation income tax credit. The intent of the legislation is to enable a…
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Antibacksliding/Clean Water Act: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Challenge to Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, Nutrient Provisions
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) addressed in a March 12th Order a challenge to a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit that had been issued to the City of Ruidoso Downs and Village of Ruidoso…
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