American Water Works Association Heroism Award: Two Central Arkansas Water Employees Honored
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) announced in a June 9 news release that the organization’s Heroism Award is going to be presented to two Central Arkansas Water (“CAW”) employees. The CAW employees are Stephen Shirley and Chris Duncan. Mr. Shirley serves as a foreman and Duncan a…
Can You Discipline Employees for Workplace Outbursts? NLRB Says It Depends on the Setting
June 13, 2023
by Audra K. Hamilton
Imagine that an employee in a workplace meeting stands up, and in a profanity-laced tirade, calls the manager in the meeting several names not fit for print. Most employers would immediately discipline, if not fire, that employee for violations of any number of workplace rules, such as…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee: Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards Recommendation
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (“CASAC”) transmitted a June 9th letter to Administrator Michael S. Regan addressing: CASAC Review of the EPA’s Policy Assessment (PA) for the Reconsideration of the Ozone national Ambient Air Quality…
Illegal Dumping/Environmental Justice: U.S. Department of Justice and City of Houston, Texas, Enter into Settlement
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a June 6th news release stating that it had entered into a Settlement Agreement with the City of Houston, Texas, in response to illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods. DOJ had opened on July 26th an environmental justice…
Arkansas Drinking Water Update/Operator Licensing Committee: Bryan Smith (Grand Prairie Regional Water District) named to Six-Year Term
Mr. Bryan Smith has been appointed to a six-year term to the Arkansas Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee (“Committee”). Mr. Smith serves as the General Manager of the Grand Prairie Regional Water District. Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Section publication Arkansas…