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Improving Water Planning in Texas: January 2023 Environmental Defense Fund Report
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) issued a January 2023 report titled: Improving Water Planning in Texas – The Critical but Overlooked Link Between Desired Future Conditions and the State Water Plan (“Report”) The Report’s authors include: Carlos Rubinstein Former Chairman of the Texas…
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Products Liability Series: Does Arkansas Recognize the Learned Intermediary Doctrine?
Category: Litigation
Does Arkansas recognize the learned intermediary doctrine? Yes. In Arkansas, the learned intermediary doctrine is an affirmative defense to a strict liability product claim. Although Arkansas law has only recognized the doctrine in the context of prescription drug claims. West v. Searle & Co., 305…
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Interstate Transport/Ozone: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Disapproving 19 State Implementation Plans (Including Arkansas)
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the February 13th Federal Register a final rule disapproving State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) submissions for 19 states regarding interstate transport for the 2015 8-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”). See 88…
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State Source Water Protection Programs/Agriculture and Forestry Coordination Progress Update: Association of State Drinking Water Administrators/Groundwater Protection Council Publish Fact Sheet
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) and the Groundwater Protection Council (“GWPC”) published a Fact Sheet in February titled: State Source Water Protection Programs: Agriculture and forestry Coordination Progress Update (“Fact Sheet”) The intended audience includes: …
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Commercial Building Incentives/Inflation Reduction Act/Other Recent Federal Laws: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Policy Brief
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) issued a February 2023 Policy Brief titled: Commercial Building Incentives – Programs for New Construction and Upgrades in the Inflation Reduction Act and Other Recent Federal Laws (“Policy Brief”) The authors of the Policy Brief are…
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