Endangered Species Act/ Mammoth Spring Crayfish: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finds Species Not Warranted For Listing As An Endangered or Threatened Species
July 8, 2022
by Jordan P. Wimpy
On Wednesday, July 6, 2022, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a notification of findings that three species – the evening fieldslug (Deroceras hesperium), Mammoth Spring crayfish (Faxonius marchandi), and Weber’s Whitlow grass (Dabra weberi) – are not warranted for listing as…
Universe of Lagoons/Analysis of State and Tribal Lagoon Wastewater Treatment Systems: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Report
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Water issued a May 2022 report titled: The Universe of Lagoons: An Analysis of State and Tribal Lagoon Wastewater Treatment Systems and Socioeconomic, Environmental Justice, and Compliance Patterns in Small, Rural Communities in…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Pulaski County Sand Mining Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Jeffrey Sand Company (“JSC”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”)…
Interstate Transport/Ozone: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Comments on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Implementation Plan
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) submitted on June 21st comprehensive comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed rule: Federal Implementation Plan Addressing Regional Ozone Transport for the 2015 Ozone…
Environmental Justice/Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: Environmental Organizations Submit Petition to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regarding Alleged Air Permitting Deficiencies
Earthjustice and 11 other environmental organizations submitted a document to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on June 28th titled: Petition for Action Regarding Deficiencies in the Texas Air Permitting Program Related to Environmental Justice & Public…