Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Bryan Leamons, P.E. Named Associate Director - Office of Land Resources Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality
Mr. Bryan Leamons, P.E. has been named Associate Director of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality’s (“DEQ”) Office of Land Resources. Bryan’s prior role at DEQ was serving as Senior Operations Manager, Office of Water Quality, Permitting and…
Equivalent Test Methods/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Designates a New Method for Monitoring Ambient Air Quality (Ozone)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a June 12th Federal Register Notice announcing that it has designated a new equivalent method for measuring concentrations of Ozone (O₃) in ambient air. See 89 Fed. Reg. 49874. The equivalent methods are utilized for measuring…
Storage Tank Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Penalty Assessment Addressing Portland State University
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) Office of Compliance and Enforcement issued a March 14th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Portland State University (“PSU”) addressing alleged Oregon underground storage tank (“UST”) violations. See Case No…
5-YEAR STATUS REVIEWS/ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NOTICE OF INITIATION FOR 59 ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES (Including Five Whose Range Includes Arkansas)
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS” or “the Service”) announced on June 6th that it initiated status reviews for fifty-nine animal and plant species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See 89 Fed. Reg. 48,437. Four of the identified species, all freshwater mussels, have…
Acute Freshwater Aquatic Life Screening Values for 6PPD/6PPD-Quinone: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publishes Notice of Availability
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a prepublication Federal Register Notice styled: Acute Aquatic Life Screening Values for 6PPD and 6PPD-Quinone in Freshwater (“Notice”). 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone (“6PPD-q”) have been found in freshwater eco systems originating from runoff…