Lead and Copper Rule Revisions/Service Line Inventory: Arkansas Department of Health Announces Availability of Assistance to Small/Medium Water Utilities
The Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Section publication Arkansas Drinking Water Update (“Update”) (Volume 37, No. 4) published an article titled: Service Line Inventory Assistance The article was contributed by the Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Section Technical Support…
Storage Tank Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Kermit, West Virginia, Storage Tank Operator Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and T & D Quick Stop, Inc. (“T & D”) entered into a January 2nd expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (“Agreement”) addressing alleged violations of the federal and West Virginia Underground Storage Tank (“UST”) regulations. See…
Legal Options When Bank Employees Take Confidential Data from Bank Systems
Despite bank policies, training, computer warning banners, governing laws and banking regulations, bank employees still take bank or customer data as their employment ends. They take potential or current customer lists, transactional data and supporting customer files, procedural manuals, or other…
Five-Year Status Reviews/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Initiation for 16 Listed Species (Four Related to Arkansas)
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) announced in the January 5th Federal Register that it has initiated status reviews for 16 animal and plant species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See 89 Fed. Reg. 804. Four of the species’ range include the State of Arkansas…
Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denies Petition Objecting to a Chicago Department of Aviation Permit
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a September 29th Order Denying a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Permit (“Permit”) to the City of Chicago Department of Aviation (“CDA”) in Cook County, Illinois. See Petition No…