2019 Arkansas Annual Solid Waste Conference: March 26-28 Hot Springs, Arkansas
The Arkansas Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) announced the dates for the 2019 Arkansas Solid Waste Conference (“Conference”). The Conference will be held March 26-28 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Conference will include an exhibit hall with vendors, various…
Funding for National Priorities Water Research/FY19: Water Sector Organizations' Letter to Congress
A number of water sector organizations jointly authored a letter to the Chairwomen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies addressing funding for national priorities water research. The organizations submitting the letter…
Lead in Minnesota Water: February 2019 Minnesota Department of Health Report
The Minnesota Department of Health (“MDOH”) issued a February 2019 report titled: Lead in Minnesota Water – Assessment of Eliminating Lead in Minnesota Drinking Water (“Report”) The Report is described as an assessment of the scope of the Minnesota lead problem by examining the extent of lead…
Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approval of Independence County, Arkansas, to Attainment/Unclassifiable
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 13th Federal Register Notice announced the reclassification of the Independence County, Arkansas, unclassifiable area for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (“SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) to attainment/unclassifiable…
2018 Electric Generating Capacity (United States): U.S. Environmental Information Administration Notes Role of Natural Gas
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) published a March 11th report addressing 2018 electric generator inventory of utility-scale generation. The EIA states that utility-scale additions in 2018 in the United States primarily consisted of: 62% Natural Gas (90% of the added…