Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Marion County Boat Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Advanced Marine Performance, LLC (“AMP”) entered into a June 21, 2022, Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a statutory requirement related to air pollution control…
Title V/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grants in Part and Denys in Part a Petition for an Objection to a San Patricio County, Texas, Plastics Manufacturing Complex
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 12th Order granting in part and denying in part a Petition objecting to the issuance of a Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit (“Permit”) for the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, LLC (“Gulf Coast”) Olefins…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – Friday, July 22nd
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission will meet Friday, July 22nd, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Room located at the Arkansas…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York Cannabis Producer Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Curaleaf entered into a June 30th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing an alleged violation of the New York Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations. See Docket No. RCRA-02-2022-7213. The ESA provides that…
Arkansas Recycling Tax Credit: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality – Waste Reduction, Reuse, or Recycling Tax Credit Certification Process
The Arkansas General Assembly through Act 748 of 1991 established a tax credit program for facilities establishing or expanding processes that utilize recyclables. The recycling tax credit has been very beneficial to Arkansas manufacturing and processing facilities that have substituted scrap…