Arkansas Water Resources Center Stream Surveying Course: Springdale October 10-11
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) is holding a Stream Surveying Course on October 10th and 11th. The Course will be held at 3400 N. 40th Street in Springdale, Arkansas. AWRC describes the event as a field-oriented course that will: … teach basic surveying skills needed to characterize…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enforcement Alert: Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Monitoring and Maintenance Requirements
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an Enforcement Alert (“EA”) titled: EPA Finds MSW Landfills are Violating Monitoring and Maintenance Requirements. The EA states that EPA investigations have found municipal solid waste landfill (“MSW”) operators failing to: …
Wetland Mitigation Bank: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg District) Public Notices Proposed Clark County, Arkansas Umbrella Bank
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Vicksburg Distrct) (“Corps”) issued a September 26th Public Notice regarding a propsed umbrella Mitigation Bank (“Bank”). The Public Notice describes a Bank that would be undertaken by Streamworks Mitigation Services, LLC (“Streamworks”) in Clark County…
Stormwater Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Natchez Construction Project Owner Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“Commission”) and Complete Oil Field Disposal, LLC. (“COD”) entered into an August 27th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing failure to obtain a Stormwater Construction Permit. See Order No. 7348 24. The AO provides that COD was contacted by the…
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Notice Suspends Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment as Farm Bill Process Remains Stagnant
On September 25, 2024, USDA’s Acting Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs issued a Notice to all Farm Service Agency (FSA) State and County Offices, directing them to cease processing and/or approving offers of enrollment or re-enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) after September…