Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and City of Magazine, Arkansas, Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Magazine, Arkansas, (“City”) entered into a February 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 19-013. The…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Saline County, Arkansas, Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Maple Creek Farms Property Owners SID No. 2 (“Maple Creek”) entered into a March 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
Modernizing Ignitable Liquid Determinations/RCRA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Rule
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an April 2nd Federal Register Notice proposing a rule to: update the regulations for the identification of ignitable hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”); and modernize the RCRA test methods…
Solar Energy System/Stray Voltage: Minnesota Appellate Court Addresses County Denial of Conditional-Use Permit
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota (“Court”) addressed in a March 25th opinion the denial of a Conditional-Use Permit (“CUP”) to construct and operate a one-megawatt solar energy system (“Solar Garden”). See In re An order Finding Certain Facts and Ordering the Denial of a Conditional-Use Permit…
HB 1967/92nd Arkansas General Assembly: Environmental Compliance Resource Act/Illegal Dumps
House Bill 1967 has been introduced which would create the Environmental Compliance Resource Act (“Act”). The legislation was introduced by Representative Watson (Hope). HB 1967’s objectives are stated to include: Modernization, simplification, and clarifications to ensure local governments and…