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Restrictions on Discontinued Uses of Asbestos: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Promulgates Significant New Use Rule
April 29, 2019 by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in an April 25th Federal Register Notice promulgated a Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) Significant New Use Rule (“SNUR”) applicable to asbestos. See 84 Fed. Reg. 17345. The SNUR is applicable to asbestos as defined in Section 202…
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Nonpowered Dams/Closed-Loop Pump Storage Projects: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Rule Establishing Expedited Licensing Process
April 26, 2019 by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) published an April 24th Federal Register Notice establishing a final rule addressing licenses for qualifying facilities at existing nonpowered dams and closed-loop pump storage projects. See 84 Fed. Reg. 17064. The final rule would establish an…
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Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require an NPDES Permit? Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Conference Presentation (Walter Wright)
April 26, 2019 by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
I under took a presentation at the April 18th Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Conference (“Conference”) titled: Does a Discharge to Groundwater Require an NPDES Permit? (“Presentation”) The Presentation focused on a key pending Clean Water Act jurisdictional issue. The issue is whether…
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CERCLA Cost Recovery: U.S. Department of Justice and Owner/Operator of Former Barrel Reconditioning Facility Enter into Consent Decree
April 26, 2019 by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Dayton Industrial Drum, Inc. (“Dayton”) entered into an April 15th Consent Decree addressing the resolution of a Superfund or Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) action. See Civil Action 3:16cv-232-WHR…
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Waters of the United States/U.S. EPA Proposed Rule: St. Francis Levee District of Arkansas Comments
April 25, 2019 by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”). See Docket No. : EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0149. A few of the submitted comments have…
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