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Sanitary Sewer Overflow/Clean Water Act Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Polk County, Arkansas Municipality Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Mena, Arkansas (“Mena”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 18-046…
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Coal Combustion Residuals: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces First Approval of a State Program (Oklahoma)
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on June 18th that it was approving the State of Oklahoma’s application to operate a permit program for disposal of coal combustion residuals (“CCRs”) in landfills and surface impoundments. EPA states that such approval makes…
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Law and Environment: June 26th Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Continuing Legal Education Conference - REMINDER
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) has scheduled a June 26th Continuing Legal Education Conference titled: Law and Environment (“Conference”) The Conference will be held at ADEQ headquarters at 5301 Northshore Drive in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Topics are stated to…
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PFAS and Harmful Algal Blooms: Environmental Council of the States Case Studies on State-Level Risk Communication
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) has made available a number of state case studies addressing what it describes as two priority contaminants for which the states struggle to communicate the risks. The two contaminants include: Per – and polyfluoralkyl substances (“PFAS”) Harmful…
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Riparian Rights: Missouri Appellate Court Assesses Whether a Man-Made Lake Has Become Natural
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Missouri Court of Appeals addressed in a June 19th opinion whether an abutting landowner had riparian rights to a man-made waterbody. See Incline Village Board of Trustees v. Edler, 2018 WL 3028993. The key issue was whether the man-made lake had become a natural body of water. Matthew F. Edler…
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