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Denver Lead Reduction Program Plan/Safe Drinking Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approves Variance Request
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on December 1st that it has approved Denver Water’s Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) variance request for a program to reduce lead in drinking water. EPA describes the variance as allowing Denver Water to continue to implement a…
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Arkansas Energy Disruption Preparedness: Arkansas Energy Resources Council Debuts Tool Kit
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment (“ADEE”) issued a December 13th news release announcing the issuance of what is denominated the “Arkansas Energy Disruption Preparedness Tool Kit” (“Tool Kit”). The Arkansas Energy Resources Council (“AERC”) developed the Tool Kit to serve as a…
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Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Shipping Descriptions
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 3rd interpretive letter a request regarding Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to proper shipping names (“PSN”). PHMSA was responding to a May 3rd query from Rinchem Company…
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Products Liability Series: Does Arkansas Law Recognize a Claim for Failure to Instruct?
Category: Litigation
Does Arkansas law recognize a claim for failure to instruct? Yes. But this cause of action applies only to manufacturers, not suppliers. A manufacturer of a product has a duty to give reasonable and adequate instructions with respect to the conditions and methods of a product’s safe use when danger…
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Reactivation/New Source Review: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Determination That Refinery Must Obtain PSD Permit
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) stated in a November16th letter that an oil refinery on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands may not resume operations without going through New Source Review (“NSR”). The letter was addressed to attorneys for West Indies Petroleum Limited…
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