Washington County Open-Cut Mining Facility: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Motion to Dismiss Request for Hearing
As noted in a February 20th post several Requests for Hearings were filed before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) addressing an application seeking to modify a permit for an open-cut mining operation in Washington County, Arkansas. The Requests for Hearing address…
Arkansas State Marketing Board for Recyclables and Compliance Advisory Panel: March 7, 2023, Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas State Marketing Board (“Board”) for Recyclables and Compliance Advisory Panel (“CAP”) is scheduled to hold a quarterly meeting on March 7th. The meeting will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (“E&E”) Headquarters. E&E is located…
Surveyor/Stormwater Drainage/Adjacent Landowner: Indiana Appellate Court Addresses Trespass Claims
An Indiana appellate court addressed in a January 31st decision issues arising in a landowner’s civil and criminal trespass actions against a neighboring landowner. See Clark v. Thessalonica, Inc., 2023 WL 1156978. The activities allegedly constituting trespass involved: Surveyors entering a…
Air/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Clean Air Council Sends Notice of Intent to Sue Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Polymers Monaca Site
The Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project (collectively, “CAC”) sent a February 17th Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to Shell Oil Company (“Shell”) for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act. The Notice addresses Shell’s Polymers Monaca…
94th Arkansas General Assembly/Retail Water Providers: Proposed Legislation Amending Oversight Provisions
House Bill 1515 (“HB 1515”) has been introduced which would amend certain statutory oversight requirements for retail water providers. The legislation was introduced by Representative Maddox. Act 605 of 2021 amended Ark. Code Title 14, Chapter 234, to add a subchapter titled: Subchapter 8 –…