NPDES Permitting - Start to Finish: Shon Simpson (GBMc & Associates) Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Seminar Presentation
Shon Simpson undertook a presentation at the June 16th Arkansas Environmental Federation Water Seminar titled: NPDES Permitting – Start to Finish (“Presentation”) Shon is a Principal/Senior Project Manager at GBMc & Associates. A Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…
Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finalizes Rule to Rescind Definition for the Term "Habitat"
June 29, 2022
by Jordan P. Wimpy
On Friday, June 24, 2022, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the Service) finalized a rule rescinding the regulatory definition of “habitat,” as the term was used in the Endangered Species Act (the Act) and the various implementing regulations. See 87 Fed. Reg. 37,757 (June 24, 2022). The rule…
SPCC/Clean Water Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Skiatook, Oklahoma, Municipal Airport Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the City of Skiatook, Oklahoma (“Skiatook”), entered into a June 8th Expedited Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (“SPCC”) Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”). See Docket No. CWA-06-2022-4314. Skiatook operates a Municipal…
Licenses and the Law Series, Part IX: The Appeal
June 28, 2022
by Stuart P. Miller
In addition, this article was co-authored by former Attorneys Lindsey Vechik and Peyton Hildebrand. In our last article, we explained the second part of the hearing: your defense. Now, we discuss the appeals process. Unfortunately, licensing boards do not always rule in your favor. However, you can…
Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality/Emergency Order: Polk County Fueling Station Files Hearing Request Before Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission
Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) filed on June 23rd a Request for Hearing (“Request”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) of an Emergency Order issued by the Chief Administrator of the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental…