Arkansas Water Provider Legislative Task Force: January 8, 2019, Meeting (Review of Draft/Final Report)
The Arkansas Water Provider Legislative Task Force has scheduled a meeting for January 8th in Room 151 of the State Capitol. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. Members will do a final review of the draft report as required by the legislation establishing the Task Force. The Task Force…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Frederick, Maryland, Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Tox Path Specialists, LLC (“TPS”) entered into a December 26th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) hazardous waste regulations. See Docket RCRA-03-2019-0014. TPS…
C & H Hog Farms, Inc. (Newton County, Arkansas) Proceedings: Order Denying Request for Preliminary Hearing Continuance/Motion to Reconsider
Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Moulton issued Order No. 2 in the C & H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C & H”) Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) proceedings which denied C & H’s Motion to Continue the preliminary hearing that had been set for January 4th. See Docket No…
Dam Construction/Colorado River: Environmental Groups File Federal NEPA/Clean Water Act/ESA Judicial Challenge to Denver Water (Colorado) Project
Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. and several other environmental organizations (collectively “Waterkeeper”) filed a December 19th Petition for Review of Agency Action (“Petition”) in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado challenging the construction and operation of a project…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Johnson County, Arkansas, Compressor Station Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and XTO Energy, Inc., (“XTO”) entered into a December 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 18-099. The CAO provides that XTO owns and operates a compressor station (“Station”) in…