Status of the Watershed 2018/Upper White River Basin: Ozarks Water Watch
Ozarks Water Watch released its annual report summarizing water quality (2017) in the Upper White River basin. The document is titled: Status of the Watershed 2018 (“Report”) Ozarks Water Watch states that the Report is the 10th annual undertaking designed to answer the question “How is the water?”…
PCB Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Trenton, Tennessee, Light and Water Department Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Trenton Light and Water Department (“TLW”) entered into a June 19th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of certain federal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (“PCBs”) regulations. See Docket No…
Public-Private Partnerships in Arkansas
June 26, 2018
At the June Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Arkansas membership luncheon, I had the opportunity to present on public-private partnerships projects (P3s), the statutory authority for infrastructure P3 projects in Arkansas, and how the design and construction industries in Arkansas would be…
SPCC Regulations/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposal Declining Applicability to Hazardous Substances
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in June 25th Federal Register notice states that it will establish no additional regulatory requirements under the Clean Water Act 311(j)(1)(C) for hazardous substances discharge prevention. See 83 Fed. Reg. 29499. This June 19th…
Single Use Plastic/Paper Bags: Texas Supreme Court Addresses Constitutionality of Local Prohibition
The Texas Supreme Court (“Court”) addressed in a June 22nd decision the validity of a Laredo, Texas ordinance that rendered it: . . . unlawful for any “commercial establishment” to provide or sell certain plastic or paper “checkout bags” to customers. See City of Laredo, Texas v. Laredo…