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Other Solid Waste Incineration Units/New Source Performance Standards: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Notice Withdrawing Proposed Revision Removing Pyrolysis/Combustion Units
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a June 5th Federal Register Notice stated it is withdrawing a proposal to modify the Other Solid Waste Incineration (“OSWI”) definition of “municipal waste combustion unit.” See 88 Fed. Reg. 36524. The proposal would have removed…
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Extended Producer Responsibility/Batteries: Washington State Enacts Legislation Providing for Environmental Management Measures
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Washington State Legislature enacted, and the Governor signed SB 5144 which is titled: An Act Relating to Providing for Responsible Environmental Management of Batteries A key requirement of the legislation is its mandate that primary and rechargeable batteries be collected and recycled…
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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Warren Hardwood Flooring Plant Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and AHF, LLC, d/b/a AHF Products (“AHF”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 23-032. The CAO provides that AHF owns and…
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Washington County Landfill/Expansion: Eco-Vista Files Replies in Support of Motion to Dismiss
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
As previously noted in April 18th and April 19th blog posts, the Mayor of Tontitown and certain individuals filed separate (two) Requests for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (collectively “Petition”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) challenging…
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Examining the Reliability/Resiliency of Electric Services in the United States: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Hearing
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (“Committee”) held a June 1st hearing titled: The Reliability and Resiliency of Electric Services in the United States in Light of Recent Reliability Assessments and Alerts (“Hearing”) The stated purpose of the Hearing was to…
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