Arkansas State Plant Board Quarterly Meeting: August 24th/Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas State Plant Board (“Board”) has scheduled its next quarterly meeting for August 24th at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas. Agenda items include: Opening comments: Secretary Wes Ward – Arkansas…
Arkansas Oil Marketers Association 2023 Environmental Workshop: October 19th, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) will be holding its annual Environmental Workshop (“Workshop”) on October 19th. The Workshop will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton at 925 S. University Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Speakers will include staff…
PFAS/Lithium/Safe Drinking Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Releases Initial Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule Data
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an August 17th news release providing the first set of data collected under the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (“UCMR 5”). EPA states that the data will improve its understanding: . . …
Federal Strategy to Advance Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement/Monitoring for the Agriculture/Forest Sectors: U.S. Department of Agriculture Report/RFI
The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) has published what is described as a draft interagency report titled: Federal Strategy to Advance Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement and Monitoring for the Agriculture and Forest Sectors (“Report”) The Report is described as outlining a draft…
Tenth Circuit Holds that ERISA and Medicare Part D Preempt Oklahoma PBM Law
On August 15, 2023, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down its opinion in Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Mulready (Mulready) holding that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and Medicare Part D preempted certain provisions of Oklahoma’s Patient’s Right…