Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Dardanelle Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the City of Dardanelle, Arkansas entered into a March 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Case #: CAO-25-0028. The CAO provides that…
Cybersecurity Advisory to Water Systems Regarding Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Attacks: EPA, FBI, CISA, NSA Issue Joint Advisory
Several federal agencies issued on April 7th a document titled: Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure (“Advisory”). The following federal agencies jointly issued the Advisory: Federal Bureau of Investigation. Cybersecurity and…
U.S. Geological Survey's Federal Priority Streamgage Network: Coalition of Organizations Letter to United States Senate Requesting Support for Adequate Funding
A coalition of organizations sent a March 16th letter to Senator Lisa Murkowski, Chair, and Senator Merkley, Ranking Member, of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment & Related Agencies requesting continued support for adequate funding of the: U.S. Geological Survey’s…
Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Faulkner County Construction Site Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and JJR Construction, LLC (“JJR”) entered into a February 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act regulations. The CAO provides that JJR operates a…
Adjacent Properties/Flood Damage Action: Arkansas Supreme Court Addresses Jurisdictional Question
Co-Author Trish Boyd The Supreme Court of Arkansas (“Court”) issued a November 13, 2025 Opinion addressing a question involving the jurisdiction of circuit courts and county courts. See David Scott Taylor v. Rick Ferguson, 2025 Ark. 180. The question arose in a common law action claim filed in…