Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Garland County, Arkansas Improvement District Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the Mountain Top Suburban Improvement District No. 66 (“District”) entered into a February 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit. See…
Modeling and Effects Review Applicability Guidance Document: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Update
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) has updated: Modeling and Effects Review Applicability (“MERA”) Guidance Document (“Guidance”) TCEQ states that a previous draft of the Guidance was published September 15, 2017, and they received comments on the draft. The updated document…
Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar: Little Rock, Arkansas – April 17th
The Arkansas Environmental Federation will hold its annual Regulated Waste Seminar on April 17th. The seminar will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the Holiday Inn – Airport. I will be undertaking a presentation titled: Hazardous & Solid Waste Judicial and Regulatory Developments Others…
An Examination of Federal Permitting Processes: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform/Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy, and Environment
The United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (“Committee”) held a hearing on March 15th titled: An Examination of Federal Permitting Processes The hearing focused on federal permitting processes such as the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. The…
Long-Term Lead and Copper Rule Federalism Consultation: Environmental Council of the States Comments
The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) submitted March 8th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on the Lead and Copper in Drinking Water Rule (“LCR”). EPA is stated to have undertaken engagements with states and others through federalism consultation on…