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I-630 Widening/National Environmental Policy Act: U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Arkansas) Complaint Filed Addressing Commencement of Construction
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Five individuals filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on July 18th addressing what they describe as construction involving the widening of Interstate Highway 630 (“I-630 Project”) within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. See Wise, et al. v…
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Coal Combustion Residuals: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Finalizes Phase I Amendments
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued July 18th revisions to the 2015 regulations for the disposal of coal combustion residuals (“CCR”) from electric utilities and independent power producers. EPA describes these revisions as amending the 2015 CCR rule. CCR (also referred…
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CERCLA/Superfund Action: Federal Court Addresses Owner/Operator Issue
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Co-Author: Tyler McKay A United States District Court (Eastern District of California) addressed in a June 27th decision an issue involving the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) terms “Owner” and “Operator.” See City of West Sacramento et. al. v. R and L…
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Arkansas Energy Personnel Moves: Donna Gray Named Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Service Commission
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Public Service Commission (“PSC”) announced in a July 9th news release that Donna Gray has been named Executive Director. Ms. Gray is stated to have prior experience on the PSC staff having held senior leadership roles for more than 25 years through oversight of the development of the…
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Phosphorus/Clean Water Act: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition Challenging Sandpoint, Idaho NPDES Permit
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Idaho Conservation League (“ICL”) filed a July 11th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging certain conditions in a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
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