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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Lafayette County, Arkansas Wastewater Treatment Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and 24MW, LLC (“24”) entered into a June 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 18-0424. The CAO provides that…
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Modified Minor Sources/Arkansas State Implementation Plan: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Announces Approval
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Region 6 Office announced in a June 29th news release that it approved certain revisions to a State of Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”). The approved revisions are for what is described as minor New Source Review. The revisions are…
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MS4/Stormwater Citizen Suit Enforcement: Conservation Law Foundation Lawsuit Alleging Clean Water Act Violations Associated with Massachusetts Redevelopment Project
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed a June 19th Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Devens Enterprise Commission, and a…
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Oversight of the Army Corps' Regulation of Surplus Water/Role of States' Rights: U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Hearing
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a June 13th hearing titled: Oversight of the Army Corps’ Regulation of Surplus Water and the Role of States’ Rights (“Hearing”) A focus of the witnesses’ testimony was the United States Army Corps of Engineers proposed rule…
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Transactional Environmental Issues: Federal Court Addresses Buyer/Seller Dispute Regarding Post-Closing Remediation Responsibilities
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Co-Author: Matthew Fiorillo The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (“Court”) addressed in a May 30th opinion a dispute between a buyer and seller of real property related to a contract provision addressing responsibility for preexisting contamination. See KFC Corp…
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