Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and DeWitt Farm Equipment Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Industrial Iron Works, Inc. - Adams Fertilizer Equipment (“IIW”) entered into a February 27th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an Air Permit. See LIS No. 25-015…
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Spring 2025 Meeting Summary
Download the meeting summary PDF here. The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of attorneys recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Spring 2025 National Meeting which was held in Indianapolis, Indiana. We have prepared a summary of the open sessions…
Equivalent Test Methods/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Designates Two New Equivalent Methods (PM2.5/PM10-2.5)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an April 7th Federal Register notice announcing that it has designated the following: One new equivalent method for measuring concentrations of PM2.5. One new equivalent method for measuring PM10-2.5. Sampling ambient air…
Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Seminar: Little Rock - April 17th
The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) will hold its Annual Water Seminar on April 17th in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Seminar will be held at the Delta Hotels by Marriot. AEF states that the Water Seminar will undertake a: …deep dive into the latest OWQ updates, how inspections should go…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Knoxville Facility Enter into Agreed Final Order
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) and Ziptron Energy, Inc. (“ZEI”) entered into an April 4th Agreed Final Order (“AFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See Case No. UST22-0164. The AFO provides that ZEI is…