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Section 404 Clean Water Act/Citizen Suit Action: United States District Court Judge Price Marshall (E.D. Arkansas) Addresses Motion to Dismiss
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
United States District Court Judge Price Marshall of the Eastern District of Arkansas (Jonesboro Division) considered in an April 11th Order a Motion to Dismiss a Section 404 Clean Water Act citizen suit action. See case No. 3:17-cv-272-DPM. The Order addresses the allegation that Lawrence County…
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Final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency May 2nd Federal Register Notice
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a May 2nd Federal Register Notice the Final 2016 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (“Plan”). See 83 Fed. Reg. 19281. Section 303(m) of the Clean Water Act requires that EPA biennially publish a plan for new and revised effluent…
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Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Regulation No. 36/Tire Accountability Program: Tammie J. Hynum (Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality) Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Presentation
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Ms. Tammie J. Hynum of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar titled: Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Regulation No. 36 –Tire Accountability Program (“Presentation”) Ms…
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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Firearms Manufacturer Enter into Consent Agreement
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Smith & Wesson Corp. (“Smith & Wesson”) entered into an April 27th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of: . . . Section 313 of Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, 42…
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Bottled Water: Proposed Michigan Legislation Levying an Excise Tax
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Legislation was introduced at the end of February in the Michigan House that would levy an excise tax of four percent applicable to the bottling of water. House Bill 5656 (“HB 5656”) is titled the: Bottled Water Excise Tax Act HB 5656 would impose a wholesale excise tax on corporations producing…
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