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PFAS Liability/Drinking Water Exceedances: Legislation Submitted to North Carolina General Assembly Allocating Liability
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
House Bill 569 has been submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina which is styled: AN ACT TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATED BY GENX AND OTHER PFAS COMPOUNDS. The Bill would allow the North Carolina Secretary of Environmental Quality to order the…
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PM 2.5/Clean Air Act: Environmental Organizations Joint Letter to U.S. EPA Opposing Revisiting NAAQS
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
One hundred environmental organizations transmitted an April 21st letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator asking that the federal agency: …maintain and promptly implement a vital, lifesaving protection—the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for fine…
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2025 Reliable Public Power Utilities Designees: American Public Power Association Lists Hope (Arkansas) Water & Light
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The American Public Power Association (“APPA”) announced the public power utilities that earned the Reliable Public Power Provider (“RP3”) designation. APPA states that this designation is provided to public power utilities that provide reliable and safe electric service. Hope Water & Light…
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Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Tupelo Construction Project Owner Enter into Agreed Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and JS, LLC (“JS”) entered into a February 19th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Construction Stormwater General Permit. See Order No. 7459 25. The AO provides that JS owns and operates a construction project in…
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Artificial Intelligence/Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects: April 22nd U.S. GAO Report
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released on April 22nd a report titled: Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects (“Report”). See GAO-25-107172. GAO was asked to conduct a technology assessment of generative AI effects. In particular, GAO…
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