Beaver Watershed Annual Symposium: September 20 – Greenland, Arkansas
The Beaver Watershed Alliance announced that the Beaver Watershed Annual Symposium (“Symposium”) will be held on September 20th in Greenland, Arkansas. The organization states the presentations will include national, state and local perspectives on dam removal and river restoration. The day-long…
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/Council on Environmental Quality Update to the National Environmental Policy Act Procedural Regulations
The Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (“ASWM”) submitted August 17th comments to the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) addressing an Advanced Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) titled: Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National…
Landfill/Solid Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and City of Morrilton Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Morrilton (“Morrilton”) entered into a July 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressed alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Regulation No. 22 (Solid Waste Management Code). LIS…
Arkansas Water Provider Legislative Task Force: August 22nd Meeting
The Arkansas Water Provider Legislative Task Force will meet today. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. in Room A, MAC, Little Rock. Items on the agenda include: Opening Comments by Co-Chairs Senator Alan Clark and Representative Tim Lemons Comments and Introductions of U.S. Department…
Implementation of Clean Water Act Section 401/Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2018: August 16th U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Hearing
The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (“Committee”) held a legislative hearing entitled: Hearing to Examine Implementation of Clean Water Act Section 402 in S.3303, the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2018. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act prohibits…